2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MI vs Evergreen, CO

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Highlights
- Evergreen spends 9.2% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% lower in Evergreen than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Evergreen had 10.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MIEvergreen, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,308$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,923$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6574573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%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 Evergreen    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I lived and worked here for 10 years. The people are arrogant, affluent, snobby, selfish, self-centered atheists who don’t want to make new friends. Our neighborhood was  More

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Evergreen is not the place to go if you're worried about catching COVID-19. Sadly, the large majority of people that are outside and in Evergreen stores right now are  More

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Over 6 years ago

Beautiful town, low crime, easy (well depending on traffic) access to the mountains. Close enough to the city to commute to but far enough away to have a small town  More

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