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Ellicott City, MD vs Sterling Heights, MI

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- Sterling Heights spends 24.9% less per student than Ellicott City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% higher in Sterling Heights than in Ellicott City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sterling Heights had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ellicott City
 Ellicott City, MDSterling Heights, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,444$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10204573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 18 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  More

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Reviews for Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Sterling Heights is a beautiful spread out city north of Detroit, but if you want to go anywhere you will need to provide your own  More

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Appears controversial toward its punishment of Afro-American students who get in trouble at school in Sterling Heights. They seem more eager to enforce the zero  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Sterling Heights, but overall MI needs a makeover. We're moving away as soon as we  More

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