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Evanston, IL vs Pittsfield, MA

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Highlights
- Pittsfield spends 6.7% more per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.3% lower in Pittsfield than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsfield had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston
 Evanston, ILPittsfield, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,370$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,441$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3974573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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