2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sterling Heights, MI vs Canton, GA

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- Canton spends 11.7% less per student than Sterling Heights.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% lower in Canton than in Sterling Heights. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Canton had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sterling Heights
 Sterling Heights, MICanton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,872$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,162  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,110$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9504573
 Students per Counselor617  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Sterling Heights is a beautiful spread out city north of Detroit, but if you want to go anywhere you will need to provide your own  More

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Appears controversial toward its punishment of Afro-American students who get in trouble at school in Sterling Heights. They seem more eager to enforce the zero  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Sterling Heights, but overall MI needs a makeover. We're moving away as soon as we  More

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Reviews for Canton    9 Reviews

My husband and I moved here a year ago after having lived in South Florida for the better part of our lives. We are retired and love it up here. Property taxes and  More

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I lived there for almost 2 years and I loved it. Most of the places to shop for groceries and clothing are about a 10 minute walk. When I lived there the apartment I  More

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Over 12 years ago

Overall, this appears to be a nice affordable town with relatively low  More

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