2025 Compare Cities Education:
Syracuse, NY vs Evanston, IL

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Highlights
- Evanston spends 10.7% less per student than Syracuse.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% higher in Evanston than in Syracuse. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evanston had 13.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Syracuse
 Syracuse, NYEvanston, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,322  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.7%1.5%
Reviews for Syracuse    59 Reviews

I've lived in Syracuse, NY my entire life. The majority of my family and friends are from here as well. I love the Syracuse sports teams and have done so since I was a  More

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I was born 30 miles from Syracuse,, moved away to travel all over the USA, living in about 8 different cities, then came to live in Syracuse, NY. I have been here for 20  More

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I’ll start by saying I’ve lived here my whole life. I have only lived here but can’t wait to move out. I’ll lay out some pros and cons. Pros: it has a decent downtown  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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