2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MI vs Garden Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Garden Grove spends 4.2% more per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.5% higher in Garden Grove than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 15.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MIGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 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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