2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, IL vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 31.1% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.5% higher in Columbus than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, ILColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Highland Park    3 Reviews

You can sail on Lake Michigan, and your culture differences are welcomed. look up "North Shore Yacht Club" for sailing and kayaking  More

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Highland Park (and the village of Highwood, which it surrounds) is a great place to live, offering a unique combination of benefits. First, it is on the shore of Lake  More

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Over 19 years ago

A wonderful place to rasie a family, but quite expensive. Great schools, but the "wealth culture" of this tony Chicago suburb causes a lot of anxiety among the kids.   More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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