2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lakewood, WA vs Millcreek, UT

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Highlights
- Millcreek spends 40.5% less per student than Lakewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% higher in Millcreek than in Lakewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Millcreek had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lakewood
 Lakewood, WAMillcreek, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21914573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Lakewood    7 Reviews

Historically, Lakewood has had a bad reputation for being a crime ridden city, but since its incorporation in 1996 it has seen a transformation. Many of its roads have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Lakewood is the worst city in the state. With a murder rate that has grown upwards of 20 people a year, to the home invasions that happen every day in the city, don’t  More

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Over 16 years ago

lakewood(chocolate city, lakeview, eastside,tillicum/woodbrook,lakecity) all crime drug and gang filled areas. very high murder rate for a suburb..and there are way too  More

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Reviews for Millcreek    3 Reviews

Convenient, close to everything, groceries are VERY expensive, close to the canyons , TONS of traffic, cute coffee shops, but unfortunately very poor law enforcement  More

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This was a beautiful area where I enjoyed taking evening walks and going to the store , area is made up of upper middle class families and rents start at $900---- we are  More

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Best things about the Salt Lake City area are the winter sports opportunities and summer camping, fishing, hiking. Also we have a lower than avg unemployment rate. Crime  More

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