2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bay City, MI vs Washington, DC

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Highlights
- Washington spends 177.0% more per student than Bay City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.1% lower in Washington than in Bay City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Washington had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bay City
 Bay City, MIWashington, DCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,279$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,065  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,354$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7964573
 Students per Counselor559  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%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 Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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