2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Lansing, MI vs San Fernando, CA

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Highlights
- San Fernando spends 13.5% more per student than East Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.4% higher in San Fernando than in East Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Fernando had 34.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Lansing
 East Lansing, MISan Fernando, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock19.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock63.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 San Fernando    8 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

ITS NICE AND PEACEFUL AREA, WITH A GOOD  More

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To start off with this entry is for the City of San Fernando not the San Fernando Valley as whole. I wish people talking about the Valley as a whole and the many  More

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I have lived in the San Fernando Valley practically my entire life. This is a part of Los Angeles that is far enough from the bustling downtown areas yet still with  More

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