2026 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain View, CA vs Michigan City, IN

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Highlights
- Michigan City spends 25.7% less per student than Mountain View.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.6% lower in Michigan City than in Mountain View. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Michigan City had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain View
 Mountain View, CAMichigan City, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8914573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 16 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  More

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Reviews for Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 6 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 9 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 16 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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