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Pontiac, MI vs Hialeah, FL

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Highlights
- Hialeah spends 22.1% less per student than Pontiac.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Hialeah than in Pontiac. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hialeah had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pontiac
 Pontiac, MIHialeah, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Pontiac    5 Reviews

As soon as they started busing in the early 70’s, this place went to hell in a hand basket! My family moved here in the late 50’s and was once the premiere city in  More

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Like any big city, there are pockets of bad areas in the City. But in general, the Northeast corner is the best with GM powertrain, Piston Palace, Great Lake Crossing,  More

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Lived here from 1979-1998 and the schools are terrible, the future is dim and the crime, poverty and attitude is all so bad that I would not move back here to raise my  More

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Reviews for Hialeah    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Hialeah is the perfect place if you don't speak English. Only because it's not necessary in order to find employment you only need Spanish. It's overpopulated everyone  More

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Over 8 years ago

south hialeah is the school with a fart. we hate our teachers faculty and staff. we hate each other, we don't do our  More

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Over 13 years ago

Hialeah is a small town inside the Miami city limits. It's a ghetto where the "balseros" live. People are uneducated and unfriendly. The worst thing that happens  More

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