2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rockford, IL vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 33.6% more per student than Rockford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Evanston than in Rockford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 12.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rockford
 Rockford, ILEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,358  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  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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