2025 Compare Cities Education:
Evanston, IL vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Rock Island spends 27.0% less per student than Evanston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.5% higher in Rock Island than in Evanston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rock Island had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Evanston
 Evanston, ILRock Island, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12824573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%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.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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