2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fresno, CA vs Battle Creek, MI

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Highlights
- Battle Creek spends 14.7% less per student than Fresno.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% lower in Battle Creek than in Fresno. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Battle Creek had 13.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fresno
 Fresno, CABattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,227  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,737$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10094573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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