2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pewaukee, WI vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Rock Island spends 8.1% more per student than Pewaukee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Rock Island than in Pewaukee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rock Island had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pewaukee
 Pewaukee, WIRock Island, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,133  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12824573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Pewaukee    1 Reviews

The area is growing and the city planners are doing it right. In the heart of "Lake Country," you'd better like swimming, boating, fishing, etc if you live here!  More

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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 19 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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