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Evanston, IL vs Houston, TX

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Highlights
- Houston spends 41.5% less per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% higher in Houston than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Houston had 16.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston

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 Evanston, ILHouston, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$12,825$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$10,139$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$5,942$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9715.8216.23
 Students per Librarian148014704573
 Students per Counselor481473530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.4%79.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.5%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%34.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.9%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree7.7%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews

Over 5 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 Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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ZIPS IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
60201 60202
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77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total

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