2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rock Island, IL vs St. George, UT

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Highlights
- St. George spends 45.2% less per student than Rock Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.1% higher in St. George than in Rock Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. George had 8.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rock Island
 Rock Island, ILSt. George, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,768$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,861  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,745$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20374573
 Students per Counselor392  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%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 St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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