2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, IL vs Garden Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Garden Grove spends 1.9% less per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 65.8% higher in Garden Grove than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 17.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ILGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor860  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Springfield    25 Reviews

I've lived here for over 40 years. Springfield is a decent place to raise a family. Solid midwestern values, and I've always felt safe. Opportunities exist, but there  More

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I moved (back) to Springfield after living in various cities and towns around the country - as large as Milwaukee, as small as Baker, NV - and can say without  More

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hugh · 
Over 4 years ago

whole town smells like dirty ***** and  More

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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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