2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, IL vs Royal Oak, MI

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Highlights
- Royal Oak spends 37.9% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% higher in Royal Oak than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Royal Oak had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, ILRoyal Oak, 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.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Royal Oak    20 Reviews

Whoever put crime and urban decay as cons for Royal Oak has never been to Royal Oak. It is a very stable and safe suburb with a lot to do and access to many job  More

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Over 14 years ago

Michigan willturn around as soon as they break the bonds with the car companies.  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fun growing  More

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