2025 Compare Cities Education:
Silver Spring, MD vs St. Clair Shores, MI

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Highlights
- St. Clair Shores spends 31.9% less per student than Silver Spring.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.4% higher in St. Clair Shores than in Silver Spring. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Clair Shores had 9.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Silver Spring
 Silver Spring, MDSt. Clair Shores, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,444$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10204573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Silver Spring    18 Reviews

Growing up in Silver Spring, my family and I have been residents for the better part of 25 years. Although some of the development has been great (Discovery Channel, new  More

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What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

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What a delightful school! The first time we drove up to the school, our first impression was of the charming shaded playground with wooden structures and surrounding  More

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Reviews for St. Clair Shores    3 Reviews

I have lived in SCS since 2002. In that time SCS is slowly doing down hill. SCS have three school districts and for a city of its size that's two too many. The  More

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Over 11 years ago

Overall, the city is clean, nice and safe. However, if you are in your 20s, you will hate St. Clair Shores. There is pretty much nothing to do here, and the population  More

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Over 16 years ago

many choices for diffeernt budgets and  More

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