2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wooster, OH vs Decatur, IL

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Highlights
- Decatur spends 9.1% more per student than Wooster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Decatur than in Wooster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Decatur had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wooster
 Wooster, OHDecatur, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,252$14,460$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,835$12,532$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,465$6,704$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4515.8216.23
 Students per Librarian72837214573
 Students per Counselor421771530
 Grade School Educ.1.3%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%7.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%23.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.1%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.5%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Wooster    8 Reviews

where to begin? wooster is mostly a white community, with a near perfect split of liberals and conservatives. there is a huge gap between the few rich (ceos and college  More

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Over 14 years ago

Wooster is a quiet and cultured small city in NE Ohio. Home of Wooster College and host to the Ohio Light Opera, Wooster offers many opportunities to enrich your  More

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Over 14 years ago

A city with a lot of churches is a great city to be in, and Wooster is that kind of a city. Friendly, welcoming people greet you here.   More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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