2025 Compare Cities Education:
Somerset, NJ vs Kankakee, IL

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Highlights
- Kankakee spends 23.2% less per student than Somerset.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.1% higher in Kankakee than in Somerset. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kankakee had 19.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerset
 Somerset, NJKankakee, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,117$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,559  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,715$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15754573
 Students per Counselor271  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I am moving to Somerset. I have heard that Cost of living to too high in somerset. I am getting a pay Of $72,800.00 per year. Can I survive with this pay. I am moving  More

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Over 13 years ago

best plce for 55+  More

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Over 18 years ago

Very nice place to live. Very  More

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Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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