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Birmingham, AL vs Troy, MI

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Highlights
- Troy spends 15.1% more per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.9% lower in Troy than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Troy had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALTroy, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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