2026 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Haven, MI vs Waterville, ME

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Highlights
- Waterville spends 21.3% more per student than Grand Haven.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.7% lower in Waterville than in Grand Haven. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waterville had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Haven
 Grand Haven, MIWaterville, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor721  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Haven    6 Reviews

Grand Haven has a lot of growing up to do. It is polarized: Primarily white, republican, and strongly religious. This wouldn't be good or bad if they weren't intolerant.  More

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Over 8 years ago

I was born and raised in Grand Haven. There was never a dull moment. We had sand dunes, trees to climb, fishing, the beach, swimming in Lake Michigan, and great stores  More

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Over 17 years ago

There is a considerable amount more wind and precipitation in this lakeshore area, as opposed to being more inland. More snow, more rain, more wind, and cooler  More

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Reviews for Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 12 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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