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Manistee, MI vs Battle Creek, MI

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Highlights
- Battle Creek spends 30.4% more per student than Manistee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% lower in Battle Creek than in Manistee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Battle Creek had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Manistee
 Manistee, MIBattle Creek, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,422  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,737$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10094573
 Students per Counselor833  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Manistee    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've had a second home in Manistee for almost 3 years. I love it there. The beaches are great, nice downtown and handy to numerous places to hike and sightsee. I am  More

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Over 16 years ago

Manistee is a lovely town along the Lake Michigan shoreline. There is a new problem,however,with air quality in the area. The landfill south of town was "grandfathered"  More

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Over 17 years ago

Well, Manistee has beautiful water fronts. It is a wonderful thing to spend time there in the summers. Summers here however could be classified as warm. There is about a  More

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Reviews for Battle Creek    11 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

you need to really pay attention to the neighborhood you select. There are some great older neighborhoods with fantastic houses in the city, but those might only be one  More

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Over 13 years ago

Battle Creek is moderately ok in the summer months but any other time it is cold or cloudy and unpleasant. You better have warm clothes to survive the cold winter that  More

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Over 16 years ago

Battle Creek is a great place to raise a family. Sometimes hard to get people to move here but once here nobody wants to leave. Summers are absolutely beautiful. Yes  More

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