2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tinley Park, IL vs Plainfield, IL

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 17.1% less per student than Tinley Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% higher in Plainfield than in Tinley Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tinley Park
 Tinley Park, ILPlainfield, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,169$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,784$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14914573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Tinley Park    3 Reviews

There are several reasons why Illinois is the only state in the Midwest to lose residents in 2019. The population has been in decline for the last 6 years. I was raised  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in the chicagoland area and suburbs all my life. Chicago has a lot of culture and things to do, but it also has a lot of cold, inpredictable, and GLOOMY  More

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Over 19 years ago

Education is exceptional within the Tinley Park area. The highschools are high competetive in academics and  More

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Reviews for Plainfield    13 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Plenty of housing in Plainfield, Joliet, IL area but norm on rent for a three bedroom house is around $2000.00  More

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Over 12 years ago

We transferred from the East Coast to Chicagoland and did not know where to live....We have kids and did NOT want the excess (read Drug Problems) in Naperville....Our  More

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Over 12 years ago

Plainfield is a good place to live, housing is descent, low crime.   More

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