2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MI vs San Tan Valley, AZ

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- San Tan Valley spends 31.5% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% higher in San Tan Valley than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Tan Valley had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MISan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,044$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,280$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock73694573
 Students per Counselor681  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%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 San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 8 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

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