2025 Compare Cities Education:
Flint, MI vs Birmingham, MI

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 24.1% more per student than Flint.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Birmingham than in Flint. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 16.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Flint
 Flint, MIBirmingham, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,702  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    4 Reviews

I have lived here 20 years and have had enough! Too cold for me, other than that I have no  More

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Birmingham has all the benefits of a big city, with none of the negatives. It has that urban feel with a small town charm. We walk to restaurants, library, movie  More

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Over 17 years ago

Very enjoyable, excellent walking community with charming downtown and path through woods by the river. Great selection of dining establishments, mutiple outdoor  More

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