2025 Compare Cities Education:
Garden Grove, CA vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 17.8% less per student than Garden Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% lower in Traverse City than in Garden Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 28.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden Grove
 Garden Grove, CATraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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Reviews for Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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