2025 Compare Cities Education:
Vernon Hills, IL vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 26.7% less per student than Vernon Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Columbia than in Vernon Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Vernon Hills
 Vernon Hills, ILColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Vernon Hills    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

house price a little bit  More

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Over 18 years ago

The Vernon Hills public school is top notch, consistently rated among the highest in the U.S. Schools are new, low pupil to teacher ratio, with many after school  More

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Over 19 years ago

I have lived in the Chicagoland area for over a year and a half and have not been overly impressed. I moved to Vernon Hills in May and have renewed faith in the area.   More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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