2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cleveland, OH vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 24.5% less per student than Cleveland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Kalamazoo than in Cleveland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cleveland
 Cleveland, OHKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,425  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor462  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Cleveland    95 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I live in a suburb right outside of Cleveland. I fear Cleveland gets a bad wrap in many people eyes. Although many families moved to the area for steel and auto  More

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I relocated to Cleveland 8 months ago from south of Columbus, OH. Having spent a lot of time in Columbus and central Ohio, I wanted to change. So I spontaneously decided  More

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Lived in Cleveland for 10 years. Loved it. Of course it has its issues, but there are a lot of great things about this city, and the people that live there should  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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