2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sound Beach, NY vs Lombard, IL

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Highlights
- Lombard spends 27.1% less per student than Sound Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Lombard than in Sound Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lombard had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sound Beach
 Sound Beach, NYLombard, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Sound Beach    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Reasonable housing prices but still in Miller Place school district. Right on the border of the commercial part of LI and the farm/wineries on the North Fork.   More

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Sound Beach is a nice quiet community without too much urban noise and  More

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Reviews for Lombard    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Lombard for 19 years before moving out of state in 2020. My primary issue with Illinois, not Lombard per so, is the real estate tax rate. I retired and  More

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Lombard is a good, solid suburban-Chicago town. Mid-west values, limited crime with sound school system. Neighboring Glen Ellyn is more affluent with matching property  More

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Very low crime rate. Love  More

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