2025 Compare Cities Education:
Aiken, SC vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 42.3% more per student than Aiken.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% lower in Evanston than in Aiken. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Aiken
 Aiken, SCEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,396  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Aiken    34 Reviews

I'm going on 3 years living in Aiken. Moving here not having any family or friends was difficult. I'm thankful for the people I have met who now feel like lifelong  More

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Aiken is a magical place. It is beautiful and historic, has all the amenities, and Hitchcock Woods is a treasure! I feel blessed to have lived in Aiken for 3 years. As a  More

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Aiken is a unique town to visit or live in. I've lived in Toronto, ON Canada, Lynchburg, VA and in Aiken. I am 24 years old and moved here from VA just over two years  More

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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