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Spokane, WA vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 13.7% less per student than Spokane.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% higher in Kalamazoo than in Spokane. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spokane

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 Spokane, WAKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,661$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,157$11,821$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,051$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5417.3116.23
 Students per Librarian18997214573
 Students per Counselor368589530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.1%91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.4%37.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.6%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 2 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  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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ZIPS IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
99208, 99205, 99223, 99207, 99203, 99224, 99202, 99217, 99201, 99026, 11 total
ZIPS IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
49006 49001 49008 49007 49074

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