2025 Compare Cities Education:
South Bend, IN vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Rock Island spends 25.8% more per student than South Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Rock Island than in South Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rock Island had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to South Bend
 South Bend, INRock Island, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12824573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for South Bend    25 Reviews

When it comes to standard of living, neighborhoods, safety, schools, wage earners and tax dollar contributing citizens Mishawaka hands down, will always made better  More

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Moving here is much harder than growing up here, I know from many people I've talked to. When you grow up here you learn how to interact with people, everyone will seem  More

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I’ve lived in the city for 4 years now and have honestly had a good experience so far. I live in a quite neighborhood and have had no issues with crime or violence.  More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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