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Iron Mountain, MI vs Anderson, IN

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Highlights
- Anderson spends 20.0% more per student than Iron Mountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Anderson than in Iron Mountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Iron Mountain
 Iron Mountain, MIAnderson, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,987$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,250$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8254573
 Students per Counselor691  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Iron Mountain    1 Reviews

If you have a job in Iron Mountain, okay place to live! And I mean a secure job. Like a in contract job. However, don't move here thinking you will get a job once you  More

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Reviews for Anderson    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Seems to check all the boxes for retirement. Housing appears to be affordable and is close to a large city  More

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This city has had it's problems, as many of the Whiners & Moaners making comments here have written. So What! There are probably a thousand cities in the USA today with  More

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Over 14 years ago

Anderson lost thousands of jobs from the auto industry which resulted in many vacant houses. Combine that with the housing bubble popping and the result is very  More

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