2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Mills, WI vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 24.0% less per student than Lake Mills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.5% higher in Traverse City than in Lake Mills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Mills
 Lake Mills, WITraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,975  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor377  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Mills    2 Reviews

Winter goes a good five or six months ... as I get older it seems to get tougher to take.... The spring, summer and fall here is quite nice and the city of Lake Mills  More

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Over 16 years ago

Nice place to live if you dont mind paying the highest taxes in the usa.has good schools for kids if you have some. But that is all payed for in protery taxes. I like  More

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Reviews for Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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