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Parker, CO vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 72.5% more per student than Parker.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.7% lower in Evanston than in Parker. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parker
 Parker, COEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  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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