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Elko, NV vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 15.0% more per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% lower in Kalamazoo than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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