2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Island, IL vs Fond du Lac, WI

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Highlights
- Fond du Lac spends 1.2% less per student than Rock Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% lower in Fond du Lac than in Rock Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fond du Lac had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILFond du Lac, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,814$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,861  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,467$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6954573
 Students per Counselor392  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Fond Du Lac    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

i was canoeing and i think my child fell into the lake but im not really sure, big splash, coulda been a rock. shops are very  More

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if you are poor white trash or from the inner city with a family member incarcerated, then fond du lac is for you. There is no culture here but drinking yourself stupid  More

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Fond du Lac County is an excellent place to live and raise a family especially if you are looking for a smaller unsophisicated city and great county to live in. If  More

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