2025 Compare Cities Education:
Knoxville, TN vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 57.3% more per student than Knoxville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% higher in Kalamazoo than in Knoxville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Knoxville
 Knoxville, TNKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,352  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Knoxville    122 Reviews

What’s not to like? Friendly folks, mountains, rivers, lakes, streams, trees, amazing southern cuisine. Minimal traffic, solid museums, kid friendly everything, great  More

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I lived in Knoxville for 3 years and still go there to see a doctor of mine until my treatment is over. You could not pay me to return to Knoxville now that I foster  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my second residence in Knoxville and I'm loving my return after a 30 year absence. I love the city and county and the atmosphere surrounding them. What's not to  More

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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