2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs East Chicago, IN

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- East Chicago spends 15.0% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in East Chicago than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Chicago had 25.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIEast Chicago, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 East Chicago    2 Reviews

Do not move to East Chicado Indiana. No jobs high crimes and many Chicagoans out here now. I would'nt say that's a bad thing because the kids that are born and raise in  More

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Over 16 years ago

I was born and raise in East Chicago, In. and over the years I have seen vast decay of a once very vibrant and beautiful city...crime is out of control...the politics  More

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