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Flint, MI vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 25.5% more per student than Flint.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in East Lansing than in Flint. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 15.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Flint
 Flint, MIEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,702  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%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 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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