2025 Compare Cities Education:
Crystal Lake, IL vs Sycamore, IL

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Highlights
- Sycamore spends 10.2% less per student than Crystal Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% lower in Sycamore than in Crystal Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sycamore had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Crystal Lake
 Crystal Lake, ILSycamore, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,963$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,554  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,982$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23794573
 Students per Counselor578  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Crystal Lake    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great area for recreational boating, fishing and biking. Great place to involve your kids as there are lots of opportunities' for football, baseball and dance. For  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have been living here for 12 years. It's a nice community with friendly people, but I hate the weather. It feels like winter is 6 months long with many overcast days,  More

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Over 12 years ago

A nice place to raise a family, but not a lot of diversity. We are looking to move from here and searching in the Colorado  More

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Reviews for Sycamore    8 Reviews

We’ve lived in sycamore for going on 2 years now, it’s definitely a blend of blue collar families like myself and people who couldn’t afford those st Charles or Geneva  More

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Moved to the area about 15 years ago (have lived in Sycamore then another nearby town for 7 years before moving back to Sycamore) and have been in our current  More

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Sycamore is a beautiful, clean, welcoming community. We were outsiders when we moved here from Chicago and people were nothing but lovely. I could not have dreamt of a  More

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