2025 Compare Cities Education:
Blaine, MN vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 10.1% less per student than Blaine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.5% higher in Kalamazoo than in Blaine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Blaine
 Blaine, MNKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,905  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor835  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Blaine    4 Reviews

I've lived in Blaine since 2016 and this city is growing rapidly and has become Anoka County's most populous city currently at 65K. It has tons of eat outs, shops, bike  More

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Over 12 years ago

a peaceful place to live and very lots of friendly people.   More

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I was born and raised in Blaine, MN, and having been all over the country now and living in Alaska currently, I have found that my high school education was much better  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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