2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Louis, MO vs East Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- East Lansing spends 0.4% more per student than St. Louis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.5% higher in East Lansing than in St. Louis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Lansing had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Louis
 St. Louis, MOEast Lansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,247  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.6%1.5%
Reviews for St. Louis    113 Reviews

I'm 65 and lived here my entire life. Growing up in St. Louis I've learned there is a like to like about it. Lots of first class Hospitals and Doctors, LOTS of great  More

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This is an outsider's perspective on St. Louis. Sometimes a fresh perspective looking in from the outside is helpful. I don't live there as of this writing (Dec 22) but  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have travelled extensively and have lived in several other cities around the country. I chose to live in St. Louis city because it has many big city amenities with an  More

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Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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