2025 Compare Cities Education:
Evanston, IL vs Carson, CA

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Highlights
- Carson spends 20.4% less per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.5% higher in Carson than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson had 12.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston
 Evanston, ILCarson, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
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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Reviews for Carson    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The city is going through "Urban Renewal", which means the poor,elderly and homeless can't afford the "NEW" Townhomes so this is what goes on if you fall under either  More

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Over 10 years ago

The weather is very nice throughout the year. We could use more  More

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I've lived in Carson all my life and the only thing special here is the weather. Summers are great, as it is in the 70s for most of the time. However, this is a  More

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