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Niles, MI vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 16.7% more per student than Niles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% lower in Kalamazoo than in Niles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Niles

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 Niles, MIKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,052$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,328$11,821$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,450$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2817.3116.23
 Students per Librarian8357214573
 Students per Counselor582589530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.1%91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.6%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.1%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.1%37.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.1%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Niles    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Fall weather is amazing here. If you live cold and rainy days then Niles is the place for you. However, The summer heat can last all the way till end of September.  More

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Over 16 years ago

Niles, MI is a small town that's on the rise. We have St. Joe river with the river walk, skate park, and ampetheather which local bands play at for free entertainment.  More

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If you don't like the weather here wait a 1/2 hour it will  More

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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