2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- Lansing spends 19.3% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.1% higher in Lansing than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTLansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  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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