2024 Compare Cities Education:
Itasca, IL vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 42.3% less per student than Itasca.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.2% higher in Parker than in Itasca. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Itasca
 Itasca, ILParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,018$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682$10,748$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,697$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4317.6216.23
 Students per Librarian7099144573
 Students per Counselor535279530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.2%96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.2%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.2%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.1%15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Itasca    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Summer is hot and very humid - great for dry skin. Winter gets extremely cold, moderate snow, very few blizzards, mostly just bitter cold. Spring and Fall are short,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Very low crime rate and active police patrols. Quiet  More

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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