2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oakland, CA vs Flint, MI

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Highlights
- Flint spends 31.2% less per student than Oakland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% lower in Flint than in Oakland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Flint had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakland
 Oakland, CAFlint, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,261$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10104573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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Reviews for Flint    27 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Denzel Washington says if you don't listen to the news, you are uninformed, if you listen to the news you are misinformed. There is a lot of bad press about Flint, and  More

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Why anyone would want to live in Flint is a mystery to me. I suspect the main reason for the below average cost of living is the water problem. Because of this housing  More

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Flint has a lot of pros and cons The pros; The University of Michigan has it's medical campus, law, economic, science and historical campus here. Ann arbor has the  More

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