2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bay City, MI vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 25.8% more per student than Bay City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in Rifle than in Bay City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bay City
 Bay City, MIRifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,065  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor559  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 8 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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