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Pontiac, MI vs Flint, MI

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Highlights
- Flint spends 19.4% less per student than Pontiac.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Flint than in Pontiac. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Flint had 6.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pontiac

Education
 Pontiac, MIFlint, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,188$12,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595$10,702$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$6,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0217.8416.23
 Students per Librarian80910104573
 Students per Counselor537676530
 Grade School Educ.6.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.7%11.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.6%84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%28.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.8%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.3%12.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.4%3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.1%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Pontiac    5 Reviews

As soon as they started busing in the early 70’s, this place went to hell in a hand basket! My family moved here in the late 50’s and was once the premiere city in  More

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Like any big city, there are pockets of bad areas in the City. But in general, the Northeast corner is the best with GM powertrain, Piston Palace, Great Lake Crossing,  More

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Lived here from 1979-1998 and the schools are terrible, the future is dim and the crime, poverty and attitude is all so bad that I would not move back here to raise my  More

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Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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