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Gurnee, IL vs Barstow, CA

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Highlights
- Barstow spends 40.0% less per student than Gurnee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 67.7% higher in Barstow than in Gurnee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Barstow had 13.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gurnee

Education
 Gurnee, ILBarstow, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$24,440$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875$13,060$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,628$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.5622.7416.23
 Students per Librarian1005131664573
 Students per Counselor592531530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%12.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.8%83.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%34.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%11.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.7%3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%0.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Gurnee    2 Reviews

We moved here four years ago from Evanston, IL and I have to say it's been the worst experience of my life. The people here are closed minded, rude, homophobic, racist.  More

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Gurnee is a relatively new community. Incorporated in 1927, it remained a primarily rural, small town until the 1970's. It was at about this time that the growth and  More

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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 6 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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