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Homewood, IL vs Elgin, IL

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Highlights
- Elgin spends 19.7% less per student than Homewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% higher in Elgin than in Homewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elgin had 16.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Homewood

Education
 Homewood, 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.1.4%11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.0%80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%21.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.9%26.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.6%7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.5%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Homewood    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Homewood used to be a nice place to live but now there are alot of burglaries and the police isn't doing much about  More

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Even though I've left the Chicago area to move out west, I won't forget about where I was born & raised - Home Sweet Homewood! As part of the oft-overlooked Southern  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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