2024 Compare Cities Education:
Sterling Heights, MI vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Chicago spends 63.0% more per student than Sterling Heights.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% lower in Chicago than in Sterling Heights. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chicago had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sterling Heights
 Sterling Heights, MIChicago, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,444$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,162$18,508$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,894$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.6413.9716.23
 Students per Librarian102014804573
 Students per Counselor617481530
 Grade School Educ.6.9%7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.1%86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.9%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%41.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.9%12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%3.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 15 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 16 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 Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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