2025 Compare Cities Education:
Burlington, VT vs Flint, MI

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Highlights
- Flint spends 45.8% less per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.8% higher in Flint than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Flint had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTFlint, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10104573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 8 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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