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Thousand Oaks, CA vs Sterling Heights, MI

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- Sterling Heights spends 5.7% less per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.6% lower in Sterling Heights than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sterling Heights had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks
 Thousand Oaks, CASterling Heights, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,444$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,894$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10204573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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Reviews for Sterling Heights    10 Reviews

Over 17 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 18 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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