2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shaker Heights, OH vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- Portage spends 24.5% less per student than Shaker Heights.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Portage than in Shaker Heights. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portage had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Shaker Heights
 Shaker Heights, OHPortage, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,425  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor462  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Shaker Heights    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Shaker Heights has superb options for education, in both the public or private schools. The city libraries are excellent.   More

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A very diverse place to be, it mixes the rich with the poor, the good with the bad, the have's with the have nots. I have lived in the area for more than 30 years, even  More

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Over 14 years ago

Shaker Heights schools just aren't what they used to be. Parents could do much better elsewhere and save themselves a lot of money in the process since Shaker Heights  More

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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 20 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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