2025 Compare Cities Education:
San Clemente, CA vs Murphysboro, IL

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Highlights
- Murphysboro spends 24.9% more per student than San Clemente.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.0% lower in Murphysboro than in San Clemente. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Murphysboro had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Clemente
 San Clemente, CAMurphysboro, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for San Clemente    9 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

First, the big plus of San Clemente is the weather. It is wonderful and most of the time you can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities. Second, the area has a natural  More

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Over 17 years ago

2005, 2006, 2007 one homicide 2008  More

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Over 17 years ago

I first moved to San Clemente in 1974 from the Los Angeles area. Three things struck me at the time as being radically different than LA: Things closed down earlier,  More

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Reviews for Murphysboro    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We moved to Murphysboro, IL from unincorporated Hinsdale, Timberlake area and love it down here. I grew up in Burr Ridge my entire life. Murphysboro has so many outdoors  More

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I have worked here for two years as a school teacher. However, I do live in another community. I have come to appreciate and admire the strong community spirit and  More

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I've lived in this town for my whole life and there are some ups and downs for this town, like where some people lives are really hostile and stuff but other places in  More

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