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East Lansing, MI vs Pontiac, MI

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Highlights
- Pontiac spends 1.1% less per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Pontiac than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pontiac had 18.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MIPontiac, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%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 Pontiac    5 Reviews

As soon as they started busing in the early 70’s, this place went to hell in a hand basket! My family moved here in the late 50’s and was once the premiere city in  More

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Like any big city, there are pockets of bad areas in the City. But in general, the Northeast corner is the best with GM powertrain, Piston Palace, Great Lake Crossing,  More

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Lived here from 1979-1998 and the schools are terrible, the future is dim and the crime, poverty and attitude is all so bad that I would not move back here to raise my  More

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