2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs Edwardsville, IL

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- Edwardsville spends 9.2% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.6% lower in Edwardsville than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Edwardsville had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIEdwardsville, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,302$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58374573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%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 Edwardsville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Edwardsville is a great town that is growing rapidly. The school district is one of the best in the area, it is the home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lovely little town with over 75 miles of gorgeous, well maintained, wooded bike trails. Recreational biker's dream  More

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