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Spring Hill, TN vs Elgin, IL

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Highlights
- Elgin spends 31.5% more per student than Spring Hill.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% lower in Elgin than in Spring Hill. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elgin had 16.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spring Hill
 Spring Hill, TNElgin, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,588$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,985$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13524573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Spring Hill    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Deciding to leave Illinois due to the cold and new Income Tax increase. How is the weather, are the locals receptive to more "yankees" moving to town? Is the commute bad  More

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Over 15 years ago

The great thing about Spring Hill is that you get a small town feel even though it's not really a small town anymore and yet, very close to A LOT of restaurants and  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived in this town for over ten years. Before Saturn it was a small, rural community with a k-12 school, co-op and Kirk's general store. By 1999, the town began  More

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Reviews for Elgin    9 Reviews

When I first moved to Elgin 2 years ago I did not like it. I lived in a mobile home park near the river and highway 90 in a senior community that over prices it's lot  More

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Hi, as a way of updating the post for Elgin and providing a rebuttal for some of the negative reviews, I've decided to post on this board. I've lived in Elgin since  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Elgin my whole life and it is very sad to read these comments about my town.... I'm a senior at South Elgin High School and I will be graduating this  More

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