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White Plains, NY vs Urbana, IL

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Highlights
- Urbana spends 34.8% less per student than White Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% higher in Urbana than in White Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Urbana had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to White Plains
 White Plains, NYUrbana, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.9%1.5%
Reviews for White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields &  More

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Over 17 years ago

I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable  More

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Over 17 years ago

It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000  More

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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 16 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 17 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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