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Elmwood Park, IL vs Elgin, IL

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Highlights
- Elgin spends 19.7% less per student than Elmwood Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% higher in Elgin than in Elmwood Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elgin had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elmwood Park

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 Elmwood Park, ILElgin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$17,588$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$15,271$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$8,985$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9714.4216.23
 Students per Librarian148013524573
 Students per Counselor481659530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.4%80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.0%26.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Elmwood Park    1 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I've been living here about 3 years. When I moved houses were reasonably priced, now with Covid the prices have gone way up so it's now less affordable. It's close to  More

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Reviews for Elgin    9 Reviews

When I first moved to Elgin 2 years ago I did not like it. I lived in a mobile home park near the river and highway 90 in a senior community that over prices it's lot  More

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Hi, as a way of updating the post for Elgin and providing a rebuttal for some of the negative reviews, I've decided to post on this board. I've lived in Elgin since  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Elgin my whole life and it is very sad to read these comments about my town.... I'm a senior at South Elgin High School and I will be graduating this  More

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60707
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