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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portage, IN vs Morris, IL

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- Morris spends 22.8% more per student than Portage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in Morris than in Portage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Morris had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portage
 Portage, INMorris, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,675$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,826  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,263$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock32894573
 Students per Counselor640  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
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Reviews for Portage    2 Reviews
Al · Portage, IN
Definitely not a for a city person
Over 6 years ago

Just a normal, big town in the Midwest. Decent public schools, sure, pretty safe, indeed and not expensive (yet) to live. On the one hand many normal-sized (mostly old)  More

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Trent · Portage, IN
portage
Over 19 years ago

Boring but good  More

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Reviews for Morris    2 Reviews
Abhd · Morris, IL
increase in crime
Over 16 years ago

I live in Morris, Il and the crime in our neighborhood has more than doubled in the last year. My husbands car has been broken into 4 times including the last incident  More

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Jana  · Morris, IL
Morris
Over 17 years ago

Great Place to live and raise  More

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