2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rolla, MO vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 68.1% more per student than Rolla.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% lower in Champaign than in Rolla. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rolla
 Rolla, MOChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,994  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor302  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Rolla    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Rolla is somewhat dominated by missouri S&T (Missouri University of Science &Technology) formerly known as UMR. The student population is huge. This year alone there are  More

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When looking for a comfortable temporary home for an educational pit stop along the road of life, Rolla is a great place to do so. With our blue ribbon elementary  More

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Rolla is a great place to live, but it is getting worse. There are too many outsiders, imports, transplants from other states, interlopers moving in here. All they want  More

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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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