2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lansing, MI vs Watertown, SD

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Highlights
- Watertown spends 31.9% less per student than Lansing.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% lower in Watertown than in Lansing. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Watertown had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lansing
 Lansing, MIWatertown, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,458$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,728  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,681$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13404573
 Students per Counselor726  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Watertown    5 Reviews

Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people.   More

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Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town  More

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Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all  More

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