2025 Compare Cities Education:
Michigan City, IN vs Oak Lawn, IL

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Highlights
- Oak Lawn spends 60.2% more per student than Michigan City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% lower in Oak Lawn than in Michigan City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Lawn had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Michigan City
 Michigan City, INOak Lawn, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,939  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor736  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Oak Lawn    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Have lived in Oak Lawn most of my life, and its right on the perimeter of Chicago. Actually living in Oak Lawn is basically like living in Chicago but with a smaller  More

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Over 17 years ago

I have lived here most of my life. Its a nice town central to shopping, dining, and the metra train. Its only about a 30 minute drive to down-town Chicago (not  More

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