2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Maries, ID vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Chicago spends 78.9% more per student than St. Maries.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% higher in Chicago than in St. Maries. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chicago had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Maries
 St. Maries, IDChicago, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,827  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor564  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for St. Maries    6 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

After spending some time in North Idaho we decided to settle down in Saint Maries. It's a reasonable commute to Coeur d'Alene for my husband where he found a job as a  More

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Over 2 years ago

Was a little out of the way but I was promised that I wouldn't regret my visit, but that I had to go fishing so I guess that's a big thing there. I had a very nice time,  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived here for over a year, very friendly people and don't have to deal with crowds or rude people. It's pretty much everything I expected when choosing to move to  More

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Reviews for Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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