2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elgin, IL vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 13.2% more per student than Elgin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.3% higher in Hillsboro than in Elgin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 13.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elgin
 Elgin, ILHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,271  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor659  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
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 15 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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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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