2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, IL vs Waynesboro, VA

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Highlights
- Waynesboro spends 44.9% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% higher in Waynesboro than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waynesboro had 10.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, ILWaynesboro, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,457$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,598$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7554573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%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 Waynesboro    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Thinking of living in Waynesboro. Really nice, friendly people and a great City to live in as long as you plan to stay. You'll be penalized for living there any time  More

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Don't know why it was given top ratings. Worse place ever!!!! They do not hire people over 40 and they claim to be veteran friendly but they aren't. I retired from the  More

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Over 6 years ago

Waynesboro is horrible dont move here! I been here unfortunately all my life im 29. People here suck old ppl scared to do the speed limit so traffic is jammed up during  More

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