2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minnetonka, MN vs Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- Lansing spends 20.5% less per student than Minnetonka.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% higher in Lansing than in Minnetonka. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minnetonka
 Minnetonka, MNLansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Minnetonka    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Moving from Southern California to Minnetonka, MN the thing we noticed most was the country living envirnoment even though you are living within the city. There are no  More

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Over 16 years ago

Minnetonka, MN was a quiet and nice place to raise a  More

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Over 19 years ago

You can't beat Lake Minnetonka in the  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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