2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lansing, MI vs Riverview, FL

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Highlights
- Riverview spends 27.7% less per student than Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% higher in Riverview than in Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Riverview had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lansing
 Lansing, MIRiverview, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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Reviews for Riverview    5 Reviews

One of the few areas in the Tampa Bay region that there is abundant land, not for long, this place is seeing urban sprawl in the last 3 years like no other in America.  More

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Over 14 years ago

We've lived in Riverview for 4 years now, and our neighborhood is about half empty, and has been as long as we've been here. Almost all the houses are rentals, which is  More

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Originally from Upstate NY, we moved to Riverview which I enjoyed being in newer developments. Convenient to everything, Siesta Key, Disney, Clearwater, Macdill AF.  More

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