2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elkhart, IN vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 61.3% more per student than Elkhart.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% lower in Evanston than in Elkhart. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 18.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elkhart
 Elkhart, INEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,846  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor437  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Elkhart    8 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I grew up in Elkhart and it's not the greatest city. My car had been broken into numerous times while living in northern Indiana (South Bend as well). I attribute to  More

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Over 13 years ago

I moved away from Elkhart and returned 20 years later. During my time away I lived in many locations around the west coast - but mostly in Arizona. The last couple of  More

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Over 13 years ago

I left Elkhart 20 years ago, lived mainly in Arizona and returned recently. I have been pleasantly surprised at the wonderful people I've met here. I've made more  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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