2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, IL vs Ferndale, MI

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Highlights
- Ferndale spends 37.9% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% higher in Ferndale than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ferndale had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, ILFerndale, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Highland Park    3 Reviews

You can sail on Lake Michigan, and your culture differences are welcomed. look up "North Shore Yacht Club" for sailing and kayaking  More

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Highland Park (and the village of Highwood, which it surrounds) is a great place to live, offering a unique combination of benefits. First, it is on the shore of Lake  More

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Over 19 years ago

A wonderful place to rasie a family, but quite expensive. Great schools, but the "wealth culture" of this tony Chicago suburb causes a lot of anxiety among the kids.   More

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Reviews for Ferndale    7 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Ferndale is the heart and soul of the Michigan LGBT community. The pricing on this site is off though-- a studio is $700+ here. A one bedroom is $950+. This is without  More

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I have lived in Ferndale for 20 years. I grew up in the 60's on the East Side of Detroit. I was on the Assessing Review Board and Ferndale's Beautification Commission  More

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Over 13 years ago

Ferndale is a great walking town a short distance from Detroit. Lots of shops and restaurants within a mile of each other. It's also a very progressive community with  More

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