2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Joseph, IL vs Geneva, IL

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Highlights
- Geneva spends 14.0% less per student than St. Joseph.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% higher in Geneva than in St. Joseph. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Geneva had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Joseph
 St. Joseph, ILGeneva, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,588$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,985$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13524573
 Students per Counselor486  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for St. Joseph    2 Reviews

St. Joe is an excellent bedroom community to Champaign Urbana. The local grocery store and restaurants and shops are few but sufficient and Urbana is just 8 miles way.   More

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Over 17 years ago

I do not know what the difference is in St.Joseph and St.Joseph township, but i lived there back from 1975 until the spring of 1979. I have good memories there of the  More

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Reviews for Geneva    12 Reviews

Real Estate and State Taxes are very high. Lots of people and traffic. Cute little shops and restaurants on main streets which attract a lot of tourists during the  More

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Lived here for 30 years... great schools, quaint downtown, good city leadership, engaged community. Wonderful town to raise a family! Only downsides are weather ( long  More

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Over 8 years ago

We moved to Geneva 4 years ago. The cost of living is very high, and taxes keep going up as well as other living expenses. The population seems to be increasing and the  More

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