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Lake Oswego, OR vs Sterling Heights, MI

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- Sterling Heights spends 28.2% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.2% lower in Sterling Heights than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sterling Heights had 11.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORSterling Heights, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,444$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10204573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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Reviews for Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Sterling Heights is a beautiful spread out city north of Detroit, but if you want to go anywhere you will need to provide your own  More

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Appears controversial toward its punishment of Afro-American students who get in trouble at school in Sterling Heights. They seem more eager to enforce the zero  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Sterling Heights, but overall MI needs a makeover. We're moving away as soon as we  More

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