2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Paul, MN vs Michigan City, IN

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Highlights
- Michigan City spends 32.1% less per student than St. Paul.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.0% lower in Michigan City than in St. Paul. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Michigan City had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Paul
 St. Paul, MNMichigan City, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,480  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8914573
 Students per Counselor487  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for St. Paul    24 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

St Paul is a nice city to live, especially for raising a family. I am a transplant, moving here 33 years ago at the age of 26. I am self employed in the remodeling  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Minnesota my whole life and I’m 50+. As you get older the humidity is unbearable and the mosquitoes seem to get bigger?! I can count on one hand how  More

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Over 8 years ago

The MPA community is the most at home I have ever felt.  More

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Reviews for Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

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Over 8 years ago

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  More

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