2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rockford, IL vs Park Forest, IL

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Highlights
- Park Forest spends 33.6% more per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Park Forest than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Park Forest had 9.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford
 Rockford, ILPark Forest, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,358  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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Reviews for Park Forest    4 Reviews

I'm happy to share that it IS coming back. I'm very thankful we found this community. Our family (husband, wife, 1 young child) recently bought our a little house here  More

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Park Forest is beautiful, but it's going down. You can see tons of green, an excellent library, but also plenty of vacant buildings. In its hay day, it must have been  More

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Over 12 years ago

No disrespect to the remaining officials and friends from my upbringing; but, leave town. I read how Park forest continues to fight off urban decay. It's simply a  More

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