2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bentonville, AR vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 19.2% more per student than Bentonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.7% higher in Kalamazoo than in Bentonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bentonville
 Bentonville, ARKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,788  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Bentonville    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in Bentonville for 5 1/2 years and think it's a great city for families. There are tons of activities for kids and everything seems to be geared to young  More

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Nice people but there is no consumer protection. Be careful renting or spending on high ticket items.  More

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Mindy · 

People are friendly when out and about for the most part. Lots of people from India and CA are moving here. Walmart owns and controls EVERYTHING from the police  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 9 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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