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East Lansing, MI vs Battle Creek, MI

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Highlights
- Battle Creek spends 14.3% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% lower in Battle Creek than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Battle Creek had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIBattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,737$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10094573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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