2025 Compare Cities Education:
Linden, MI vs Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- Lansing spends 25.5% more per student than Linden.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.6% lower in Lansing than in Linden. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Linden
 Linden, MILansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,702  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Linden    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Linden is a small town with a good mix of people. There are a lot of snobby moms who run around the schools thinking they are cool but really look like idiots. The  More

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My son does not have enough credits to graduate this year. His councular and tried other ways for my son to be able to attend other places to get his credits and to be  More

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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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