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The Evanston School System

Evanston, Illinois, is situated on the shore of Lake Michigan just north of Chicago. It has a population of approximately 75,000 people. Evanston Township High School has an enrollment of over 4,000 students in grades 9-12. It is the only high school located in the city, but many of the state’s best high schools are nearby. The public primary schools are part of Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65. All told, there are close to 12,000 students enrolled at Evanston’s public schools.

Like most other top high schools nearby, Evanston Township High School has a student-to-teacher ratio below the state average. You can see the student-teacher ratio of schools in the Evanston area below.

Evanston Student-to-Teacher Ratios

Adlai E. Stevenson High School has a 15 1 student-teacher ratio.

Evanston Township High School has a 14 1 student-teacher ratio.

Northside College Preparatory High School has a 18 1 student-teacher ratio.

Walter Payton College Prep has a 17 1 student-teacher ratio.

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy has a 12 1 student-teacher ratio.

Illinois State Average has a 15 1 student-teacher ratio.

Evanston Township High School is also in the top third of the best 100 high schools in Illinois, and more than half of its students who choose to enroll in Advanced Placement-level classes earn a passing score on their AP exams. Other top high schools near Evanston report even better performance levels, with pass rates reaching as high as 98%. See more below.

Evanston High School Rankings

High School	Evanston Ranking	State Ranking	AP Pass Rate
Evanston Township High School	1	33	59%
Walter Payton College Prep	Unavailable	1	94%
Northside College Preparatory High School	Unavailable	2	91%
Adlai E. Stevenson High School	Unavailable	3	90%
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy	Unavailable	4	98%

If you’re worried about how your student’s performance stacks up against other Illinois students, personal tutoring in Evanston can make a real difference. Tutoring offers many unique benefits that mass-market study resources cannot. When your child works with a tutor, the tutor can give your child immediate feedback on his or her problem-solving process and comprehension. Personal tutors can tailor each lesson to focus on improving the skills your child finds challenging, whether that’s through teaching a new approach to the problem or building up foundational knowledge.

Evanston Test Scores

The chart above shows how students in Evanston performed on some of the many assessments required by the Illinois State Board of Education. Illinois students in grades 3-8 take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment, which evaluates students’ knowledge in mathematics and English literacy/language arts. Students in grades 5 and 8 must also take the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA), and there is a special ISA that must be taken once a student completes high school biology. FInally, in 11th grade, students are required by the state to take the SAT.

The motivation provided by the tangible results of working with a tutor can help to increase your son or daughter’s academic confidence, leading to an all-around more positive attitude toward school. And if your child is in college, the academic boost students receive from tutoring isn’t only applicable to students in primary and high school. There are tutors for almost any subject offered to students attending one of the many different colleges and universities in nearby Chicago, too. See below for information about where Chicago colleges rank.

Evanston University Rankings

College	National Rank	Acceptance Rate
University of Chicago	17	8%
Northwestern University	21	11%
Wheaton College - Illinois	117	79%
Illinois Institute of Technology	160	56%
DePaul University	214	70%
Loyola University Chicago	279	73%
University of Illinois at Chicago	281	74%
Valparaiso University	305	83%
University of St. Francis - Illinois	395	49%
Kendall College	455	84%

How Varsity Tutors Can Help

It’s never too early to think about giving your child an academic advantage over his or her peers. If you’re interested in a tutor in Evanston, contact Varsity Tutors. You can choose to have the tutor and your child meet in-person or online for one-on-one sessions at a time and location that works best for your child. Don’t wait until it’s too late: contact Varsity Tutors to find your child a professional, experienced personal tutor in Evanston today.

Recent Tutoring Session Reviews

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"The student has a Chapter 5: Section 2 test in science tomorrow over the elements and the periodic table. The first thing the student and I defined and discussed was what a property was. He had difficulty grasping the concept of "property" until I substituted "characteristics" and "traits". Next, the student began to outline in a non-uniform way, so we read together a sub-section and I outlined so he could have an example. Next, the student read and then outlined following my model. We clarified the difference between "radioactive" and "reactive" as he was using the words interchangeably. He defined and gave examples of an element and a compound as well since he was unclear on their meanings. I advised the student to continue reading and outlining Section 2. "

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"Today, the student and I looked over a review for her upcoming quiz in exponential and logarithmic functions. She had completed the majority of the review on her own, and was very comfortable with using information from vertex-form exponential and logarithmic functions to graphically represent them, but was unsure of how to determine the inverse. I showed her a few examples, emphasizing the order of operations necessary to find the inverse of exponential and logarithmic functions, as well as pointing out that every term in the function is either inverted or opposed. After she worked some practice functions, she was able to consistently find the inverse. I left her with a paper showing the steps of finding the inverse, as well as labelled vertex form exponential and logarithmic functions as reference."

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"Today the student completed his math packet and English homework. For the remaining 30 minutes, he reviewed for his science test, which he will take on Monday. I left him with several math problems involving adding and subtracting fractions. The student and I will begin reviewing for his final math test this coming week. "

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"After introductions, we began mapping out our expectations for working together toward the student's goals of finishing her Common Application Essay for multiple schools and specific school-focused Supplemental Essays. She will be completing additional research into the schools and programs she is applying to so that she will have more specific resources to complete her applications and feel confident while doing so. We've outlined a basic template for her to follow to begin writing her supplemental essays."

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"The student and I talked about how to tell the even/oddness of functions, how to find roots of polynomials using synthetic division, and what direction quantics point at the ends. He definitely understands the material; he just needed some clearing up of certain topics."

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"Tonight we reviewed for the student's quiz on factoring and translations. We did a review sheet her mom provided and then some additional practice on factoring completely, per the student's request. She seems to have a strong grasp of the material."

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"The student and I reviewed the subject of FOIL (First, Inside, Outside, Last) distribution of radical functions. Though she had a little trouble at first, she mastered the process by the end of our session. She simply needs to be reminded that, at the end of the day, when dealing with these kinds of functions, she is simply adding and subtracting between 4 numbers. There are a lot of numbers being juggled around, so she needs to complete these types of problems with a clean sheet of notebook paper. I am confident that she has mastered this material."

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"We covered area of a circle and composite shapes. We also reviewed circumference of a circle. The student needed help with understanding how formulas apply to the problem sets and variable equations. This session was focused on preparation for his upcoming test. I left him with links to a website he can use to review for his test. is current grade is a B, which is an improvement since I have started tutoring with him."

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"Today, the student and I did his homework. We worked on reading a passage and then answering multiple choice questions. I showed him how to go back and look at the passage before answering the questions. He had a little bit of trouble finding a synonym for the word labor, but after we spoke about it, he understood. "

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"The student and I prepared for her Chapter 10 (w/Chapter 9) test about derivatives, limits and vector analysis. I focused on the definition of a derivative for a large portion of the session, which is a limit describing the instantaneous rate of change for a function. We developed and repeated several techniques to tackle analyzing the derivative. She needed to repeat this process before the test so she would be more efficient in her analysis. Her understanding of vectors was very solid. We focused on dot products, understanding the dot product produces a scalar, not vector, result. "

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"The student read out loud from a book about animals and we worked on addition with carrying. She did very well and I'm planning to move on to subtraction next week. I also plan to have her write a story to work on her reading and writing skills. "