2025 Compare Cities Education:
Waverly, IA vs Lombard, IL

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Highlights
- Lombard spends 66.0% more per student than Waverly.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Lombard than in Waverly. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lombard had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waverly
 Waverly, IALombard, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,040  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor405  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Waverly    3 Reviews

The city is very clean and safe. Nice, well kept parks and recreation areas. Bike trails wind throughout town and excellent public recreation center. Because of the  More

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Waverly is a quite nice town, it has a nice amount of gas stations with reasonable prices and has 4 big name grocery stores. TBH it has one of everything. It has all  More

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... it's Mayberry RFD  More

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Reviews for Lombard    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Lombard for 19 years before moving out of state in 2020. My primary issue with Illinois, not Lombard per so, is the real estate tax rate. I retired and  More

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Lombard is a good, solid suburban-Chicago town. Mid-west values, limited crime with sound school system. Neighboring Glen Ellyn is more affluent with matching property  More

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Very low crime rate. Love  More

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