2025 Compare Cities Education:
Davenport, IA vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 62.3% more per student than Davenport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% lower in Evanston than in Davenport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Davenport
 Davenport, IAEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,412  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor375  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Davenport    17 Reviews

Davenport is part of a larger metropolitan area, called the Quad Cities, which includes Illinois river cities just across the Mississippi. River related recreation,,  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in 12 SE cities before moving to Davenport. Quality of life is much better; ease of moving around with little to no interstate traffic. Grid layout makes it simple  More

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Over 11 years ago

Great local colleges and  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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