2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gurnee, IL vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 52.5% less per student than Gurnee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Wake Forest than in Gurnee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gurnee
 Gurnee, ILWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Gurnee    2 Reviews

We moved here four years ago from Evanston, IL and I have to say it's been the worst experience of my life. The people here are closed minded, rude, homophobic, racist.  More

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Gurnee is a relatively new community. Incorporated in 1927, it remained a primarily rural, small town until the 1970's. It was at about this time that the growth and  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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