2025 Compare Cities Education:
Spencer, IN vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 54.4% more per student than Spencer.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Champaign than in Spencer. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Spencer
 Spencer, INChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,818  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor1468  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Spencer    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

All the schools within this county do the best they can with what little funding is available to them. The high school was not the best in preparing students for  More

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Over 16 years ago

Rural, appalacia-like topography, beautiful country, mostly poor but varied, nice people, good services, reasonable cost of living, typical midwest weather -  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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