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Manistique, MI vs Merrillville, IN

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Highlights
- Merrillville spends 12.7% more per student than Manistique.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% higher in Merrillville than in Manistique. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merrillville had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Manistique
 Manistique, MIMerrillville, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,366  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,605$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4354573
 Students per Counselor0  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Manistique    1 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We moved up here 27 years ago for my husband's job. I had lived in several other cities-Denver, Ann Arbor, East Lansing, and Massachusetts. This would be the smallest  More

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Reviews for Merrillville    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

too close to Gary with that  More

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Just thirty minuits from Chicago . Good schools. Low cost of  More

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Reasonable cost of living and fairly safe. Also close to Chitown so the cultural stuff is there. Shopping is run of the mill brand name franchises, nothing too  More

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