2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MN vs Lake Orion, MI

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Highlights
- Lake Orion spends 41.2% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% higher in Lake Orion than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Orion had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MNLake Orion, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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Reviews for Lake Orion    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Lake Orion, like many Michigan cities has a lot of beauty to it, obviously including the lakes, which there are several big and many small. I grew up here and if I  More

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We moved here from Ky 2 years ago. I absolutely love it, and outside of a job transfer, will never leave. The schools are exceptional, some of the highest test scores in  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Lake Orion three years ago from California and have been really pleased with this area. The people are very friendly and have embraced us well. Lake Orion is  More

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