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Bay City, MI vs Sterling Heights, MI

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Highlights
- Sterling Heights spends 23.0% more per student than Bay City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% higher in Sterling Heights than in Bay City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sterling Heights had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bay City
 Bay City, MISterling Heights, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,444$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,065  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10204573
 Students per Counselor559  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%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.  Unlock7.9%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 Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Sterling Heights is a beautiful spread out city north of Detroit, but if you want to go anywhere you will need to provide your own  More

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Appears controversial toward its punishment of Afro-American students who get in trouble at school in Sterling Heights. They seem more eager to enforce the zero  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Sterling Heights, but overall MI needs a makeover. We're moving away as soon as we  More

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