2025 Compare Cities Education:
Roanoke, VA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 45.2% more per student than Roanoke.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% lower in Champaign than in Roanoke. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Roanoke
 Roanoke, VAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,973  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor298  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Roanoke    44 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Roanoke for 15 years, so I hope this comment can help those planning on moving here. Roanoke isn’t bad if you consider Roanoke county and Salem. Sure,  More

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I've lived here from 2 years and, goddamn, these people are stupid af. If I here coronavirus is a hoax and and fat people making comments at me for wearing a damn mask  More

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I was born and raised in Roanoke County (Oak Grove subdivision), departing in 1989 for a job in Texas. So my perspective on the area is dated, but might be valuable as  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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