2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brookfield, WI vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 15.1% less per student than Brookfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% higher in Traverse City than in Brookfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookfield
 Brookfield, WITraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,133  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Brookfield    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Overall I believe field is a great place to live and raise a family. Milwaukee certainly has its share of problems like any large metropolitan area. Overall I believe  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love Brookfield for the most part. The Elmbrook school district is amazing and test scores are always above average level. The one downfall of the city is that there  More

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About turn 35, and have lived in Brookfield for 9 years. Brookfield is broken into two parts, city and village, both are very safe- especially when compared to  More

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Reviews for Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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