2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MI vs Corbin, KY

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Highlights
- Corbin spends 18.6% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% lower in Corbin than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Corbin had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MICorbin, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,138$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5254573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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Reviews for Corbin    8 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Good ole boys in a good ole  More

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Over 16 years ago

The local independent/city school Corbin Independent School Systems, is a very good system, particularly for the area. There are two nearby colleges in the surrounding  More

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Over 18 years ago

Corbin is a nice enough town to raise your kids or grandkids in, since its quiet and relatively safe of bad crimes compared to much of the rest of the USA, but if you  More

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