2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Clara, CA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 11.2% more per student than Santa Clara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.8% lower in Champaign than in Santa Clara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Clara
 Santa Clara, CAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  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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