2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plymouth, IN vs Michigan City, IN

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Highlights
- Michigan City spends 11.4% more per student than Plymouth.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Michigan City than in Plymouth. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Michigan City had 11.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Plymouth
 Plymouth, INMichigan City, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,120  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8914573
 Students per Counselor602  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Plymouth    2 Reviews

The worst thing there is in Plymouth is property crime, Not violent crime, but property crime. There are all kinds of thefts from automobiles to store shop lifting.  More

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Over 17 years ago

Plymouth schools are very well organized and geared toward  More

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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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