Wilmette Among Most Educated Small Cities in United States

With a population of many who attended two of the best high schools in the state, a nationally renowned University just to its south and a solid local school district, it’s really no surprise to hear that Wilmette is one of the most educated small cities in the United States.

But ValuePenguin, an online data resource company, has made it official. Their recent study found Wilmette to be the fourth most educated “small city” in America.

Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ValuePenguin gauged the academic achievement of 3,000 cities, rewarding those with the highest percentage of post-high school degrees earned.

In the category of small cities (those with populations between 10,000 and 25,000 people), Wilmette was beat out by only Saratoga, Calif., Los Altos, Calif. and Lexington, Mass.

See ValuePenguin’s full methodology here.

Newton Mass. was named the most educated big city (over 50,000) and Bethesda Maryland as the most educated mid-sized city (25,000 to 50,000).

The only other Illinois municipality to crack the top ten of a list was Naperville, which fit in ninth in the “big city” list.