2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Island, IL vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Chicago spends 36.9% more per student than Rock Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% lower in Chicago than in Rock Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chicago had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILChicago, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,861  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor392  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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