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

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Highlights
- Portage spends 32.5% less per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.6% higher in Portage than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portage had 3.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTPortage, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 20 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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