2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olathe, KS vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 57.5% more per student than Olathe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% higher in Evanston than in Olathe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Olathe
 Olathe, KSEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,650  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor409  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Olathe    15 Reviews

I've lived in Olathe for 12 years. Olathe is a quiet bedroom community with great schools. 21st Century program provides many career path choices at the high school  More

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Over 7 years ago

I'm just going to give it right to ya! Olathe is closer of a normal mid-class neighborhood than say; Overland Park$$$. And if you like hoe-down country style, go South  More

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Lived in Olathe since about 1980. I can say Olathe is a great place to make a living, live life etc. It's one of those places that the UPS driver can leave a package  More

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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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