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Southfield, MI vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 0.3% more per student than Southfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Kalamazoo than in Southfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Southfield

Education
 Southfield, MIKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,188$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595$11,821$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0217.3116.23
 Students per Librarian8097214573
 Students per Counselor537589530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.6%91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.3%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.8%37.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.1%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%2.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Southfield    7 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Weak mayor, crooked politicians, upper tier tax base is leaving. Police department inept and not reflective of the community. So many things wrong with Southfield.  More

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Over 16 years ago

The winter is too long and  More

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Over 17 years ago

the cost of living is  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 8 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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