2025 Compare Cities Education:
Evanston, IL vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 21.9% less per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% higher in Olympia than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston
 Evanston, ILOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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