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Michigan City, IN vs Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- Lansing spends 12.3% more per student than Michigan City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.6% higher in Lansing than in Michigan City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Michigan City
 Michigan City, INLansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,939  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor736  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

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Over 8 years ago

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  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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