2025 Compare Cities Education:
Raleigh, NC vs Oak Park, IL

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Highlights
- Oak Park spends 88.6% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% lower in Oak Park than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Park had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCOak Park, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.1%1.5%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Oak Park    7 Reviews

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

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I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More

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