2025 Compare Cities Education:
Houghton Lake, MI vs Poinciana, FL

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Highlights
- Poinciana spends 17.3% less per student than Houghton Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% higher in Poinciana than in Houghton Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poinciana had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Houghton Lake
 Houghton Lake, MIPoinciana, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,435  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,546$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8234573
 Students per Counselor579  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Houghton Lake    3 Reviews

This is a rural resort area. You must be able to embrace the rural lifestyle. There's no real shopping opportunities other than Walmart, Kmart, Peebles, Dunhams, Tractor  More

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Over 17 years ago

The quality of life here for most depends on how you look at it. If your looking for a medium to high paying job there realy are none, and there's hardly any jobs that  More

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The climate here is...well..cold... seems like most of the time and one does get cabin fever when March rolls around, if not sooner. Can't wait for summer! If you love  More

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Reviews for Poinciana    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Wow. I visited Poinciana last week and was very impressed. It's still growing, many houses for rent/sale there. If you're looking for a ritzy place to live without the  More

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I like my place in Poinciana quite a bit, it's pretty far removed, but had I known that the traffic in and out was so horrendous I would have kept looking elsewhere for  More

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