2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glasgow, KY vs Detroit, MI

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Highlights
- Detroit spends 15.3% more per student than Glasgow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% higher in Detroit than in Glasgow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Detroit had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Glasgow
 Glasgow, KYDetroit, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,771$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,622  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14714573
 Students per Counselor297  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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Reviews for Detroit    116 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Have lived in the area for over a year (suburb of Grosse Pointe), but I work in downtown Detroit. I'm amazed at how cool this city is. So much to do and see, tat we  More

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Spent some time in the city but lived in multiple suburban areas in the metro area. I lived in Farmington Hills, Novi, Birmingham, and Rochester. Really, all were great.  More

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Cold, unfriendly, envious people within the city limits. The unfriendliness can turn into aggression and sometimes even bullying. Crabs in a barrel reside here and the  More

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