2025 Compare Cities Education:
Schenectady, NY vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 33.9% less per student than Schenectady.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.8% higher in Kalamazoo than in Schenectady. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Schenectady
 Schenectady, NYKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,501  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor291  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Schenectady    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Schenectady for more than two decades, not necessarily by choice up until now. The city looks like it's growing and developing downtown, which is a very  More

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Over 16 years ago

WE have been looking in Schenectady for a few years. We have stayed at the Parker INN a few times in the Presidential Suite. It has what we want. City atmosphere, but  More

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Over 17 years ago

shenectady is a great place to start businesses as well as providing affordable  More

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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