2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MN vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Miami spends 54.2% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.8% higher in Miami than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 16.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MNMiami, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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