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Urbana, IL vs Kankakee, IL

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Highlights
- Kankakee spends 11.5% less per student than Urbana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% higher in Kankakee than in Urbana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kankakee had 18.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbana

Education
 Urbana, ILKankakee, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,461$18,117$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,342$15,685$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,155$8,715$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4214.3516.23
 Students per Librarian66215754573
 Students per Counselor486670530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%13.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.7%78.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%23.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%13.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.9%0.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 15 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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Reviews for Kankakee    5 Reviews

Kankakee was always a blue-collar city. My father had a business, and now I carry it on. That's the only reason I live in Kankakee anymore. Forty years ago, the  More

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Honestly, quite depressing. The people are rude, the place is very unkept - not sure if they have a City Planner or if they really understand the concept. Even the  More

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Moved here from AR 19 months ago. This is the most depressing area I've ever been to and I have been in almost all 50 States - big City and small (this includes all  More

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61801 61802
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