2025 Compare Cities Education:
Watertown, NY vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 5.4% less per student than Watertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% higher in Champaign than in Watertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Watertown
 Watertown, NYChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,280  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor277  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%1.5%
Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  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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