2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Falls, IL vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 5.9% less per student than Rock Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.3% higher in Columbus than in Rock Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Falls
 Rock Falls, ILColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,926  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor291  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Rock Falls    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Not a good place for my womans protest. got arrested from one of the 8 cops. writing from prison. love yall stay safe out there. <3 #speakingfromtheheart #susanbanthony  More

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Over 18 years ago

The initial cost of housing is very reasonable but the property taxes will kill you. The way that the state handles school funding and health care funding leaves a lot  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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