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Detroit, MI vs Niagara Falls, NY

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Highlights
- Niagara Falls spends 76.8% more per student than Detroit.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% lower in Niagara Falls than in Detroit. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Niagara Falls had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Detroit
 Detroit, MINiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,345$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,521  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,103$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9094573
 Students per Counselor617  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Detroit    116 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Have lived in the area for over a year (suburb of Grosse Pointe), but I work in downtown Detroit. I'm amazed at how cool this city is. So much to do and see, tat we  More

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Spent some time in the city but lived in multiple suburban areas in the metro area. I lived in Farmington Hills, Novi, Birmingham, and Rochester. Really, all were great.  More

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Cold, unfriendly, envious people within the city limits. The unfriendliness can turn into aggression and sometimes even bullying. Crabs in a barrel reside here and the  More

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Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 16 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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