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Private and parochial schoolsIn addition to the highly regarded public schools, Evanston offers a variety of other educational choices. Roycemore School (640 Lincoln Street) is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school providing a liberal arts education to students from junior kindergarten through grade 12. Since the closing of St. George High School in 1969, there is no Catholic high school in Evanston, but many Evanston residents attend co-educational Loyola Academy in Wilmette, all-boys Notre Dame High School for Boys in Niles, all-girls St. Scholastica Academy in Chicago or Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, and other area Catholic high schools.There are also a variety of non-public primary schools in or near Evanston: *Baker Demonstration School (2840 Sheridan Road) - independent; grades pre-k through 8 *The Barbereux School (3333 Culver St.) - independent; grades pre-k through 1 *Chiaravalle Montessori School (425 Dempster Street) - Montessori; grades pre-k through 8 *Midwest Montessori School (2408 Orrington Avenue) - Montessori; grades pre-k through 3 *Pope John XXIII (1120 Washington Street) - Catholic; grades pre-k through 8 *Roycemore School (640 Lincoln Street) - independent; grades pre-k through 12 *St. Athanasius School (2510 Ashland Avenue) - Catholic; grades pre-k through 8 TransportationThe CTA's Purple Line, part of the Chicago 'L' system, runs through Evanston. From its terminal at Howard in Chicago, the line heads north to the South Blvd, Main, Dempster, Davis, Foster, Noyes, and Central stations, before terminating at Linden in Wilmette. Metra's North Line also serves Evanston, with stations at Main Street, Davis Street and Central Street. The CTA's Yellow Line also runs through the city, though it only stops at Howard. Evanston also contains several I-GO cars.Demographics
There were 29,651 households out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.2% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.03. In the city the population was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 16.4% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $56,335, and the median income for a family was $78,886. Males had a median income of $51,726 versus $39,767 for females. The per capita income for the city was $33,645. About 5.1% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over. Populations of the past*1900 - 19,259*1910 - 24,978 *1920 - 37,215 *1940 - 65,389 Recent population trends*1970 - 80,113*1980 - 73,706 *1990 - 73,233 *2000 - 74,239 People from EvanstonThe following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Evanston.Entertainment Figures*John Cusack*Joan Cusack *Jeremy Piven *Rosanna Arquette *Marilyn Dodds Frank *William Petersen *Ruby Wax, comedian *Walter Kerr, drama critic *John Lee Mahin, Oscar-nominated screenwriter *Nancy Utley, President of Fox Searchlight Sports Figures*Freddie Lindstrom, Hall of Fame baseball player*Paddy Driscoll, Hall of Fame football player *Emery Morehead, pro football player Writers, thinkers, scientists, and cultural figures*Laurens Hammond, inventor*Charles Gibson, news anchor *Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist *Lawrence Gonzales, novelist, playwright, and journalist *Garry Wills, writer/critic Politicians and StatesmenDonald Rumsfeld, Secretary of DefenseHistorical Figures*Charles Gates Dawes, politician*Jim Kolbe, politician *Frances Willard, temperance advocate and suffragist Musicians*Fred Anderson*David Burge *Frank Donaldson *Steve Goodman *Greg Graffin *Howard Levy *Bobby Short *Grace Slick *Loraine Wyman *Forrest Buchtel, Sr. *Forrest Buchtel, Jr. *Fred Simon *David Onderdonk *Billy "The Buddha" Dickens *Paul Nebenzahl *Eddie Vedder *Christopher O'Riley, pianist *Maeve Dixon, dirty liar Evanston in fiction*In Cheaper by the Dozen, the Baker family moves to Evanston.*Serves as the setting for the movie Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan. *The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger has several scenes set in Evanston. *Drew Barrymore's character in Never Been Kissed attended Northwestern University. *The ABC series Once and Again was also set in Evanston. *Daniel Cosgrove's character, Richard "Dick" Bagg, in Van Wilder interviews with representatives from Northwestern University medical school. *Kevin Costner's character in Dragonfly lives in Evanston. * In the novel "Ordinary People," the character Conrad Jarrett attends therapy sessions in an office building that overlooks Evanston Township High School in the distance. * Anne Hathaway's character in "The Devil Wears Prada" attended Northwestern University. Evanston in film*Parts of "Curly Sue", "Dennis The Menace", "Home Alone", "Home Alone 3", "Julius Caesar" (1950), "Proof", "Road to Perdition", "Rookie Of The Year", "She's Having A Baby...", "Sixteen Candles", "The Princess Bride", "The Weather Man", "Dragonfly" and "Uncle Buck" were filmed in Evanston, as well as a 2004 Chevrolet commercial.External links* City of Evanston* Woman's Club of Evanston * Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65 * Evanston Township High School * Evanston Public Library * Evanston Historical Society at the Charles Gates Dawes House * Frances Willard House * Northwestern University * Roycemore School * Evanston Community Foundation
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