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Leland, NC vs Lake Orion, MI

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Highlights
- Lake Orion spends 17.8% more per student than Leland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.5% higher in Lake Orion than in Leland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Orion had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leland
 Leland, NCLake Orion, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,370  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Leland    4 Reviews

J · Apex, NC
Over 3 years ago

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

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Over 17 years ago

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

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Reviews for Lake Orion    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Lake Orion, like many Michigan cities has a lot of beauty to it, obviously including the lakes, which there are several big and many small. I grew up here and if I  More

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We moved here from Ky 2 years ago. I absolutely love it, and outside of a job transfer, will never leave. The schools are exceptional, some of the highest test scores in  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Lake Orion three years ago from California and have been really pleased with this area. The people are very friendly and have embraced us well. Lake Orion is  More

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