2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bay City, MI vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 41.2% more per student than Bay City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.8% higher in Fresno than in Bay City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bay City
 Bay City, MIFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,065  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor559  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Bay City    7 Reviews

Bay City offers low prices for homes due to lower population (Current lower demand). Years ago, the population was more than 3x as big due to big lumber industry, etc.  More

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But everything else is going to  More

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There are many pros to Bay City, it is incredibly cheap to live in and most everything is very affordable. The problem is that the economy is terrible and there aren't  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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