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Itasca, IL vs Algonquin, IL

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Highlights
- Algonquin spends 14.2% less per student than Itasca.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% higher in Algonquin than in Itasca. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Algonquin had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Itasca
 Itasca, ILAlgonquin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,892$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,682  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9134573
 Students per Counselor535  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Itasca    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Summer is hot and very humid - great for dry skin. Winter gets extremely cold, moderate snow, very few blizzards, mostly just bitter cold. Spring and Fall are short,  More

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Over 19 years ago

Very low crime rate and active police patrols. Quiet  More

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Reviews for Algonquin    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Algonquin has really changed and grown, especially west algonquin. Politically though it leans conservative. That has not changed. People are nice though and they are  More

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Over 15 years ago

This town is practically Mayberry as far as crime goes.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Algonquin is a far northwest suburb of Chicago north of Elgin IL off of I90. The western part of Algonquin has shown significant growth and expansion over the past few  More

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