2025 Compare Cities Education:
Toledo, OH vs Pontiac, MI

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Highlights
- Pontiac spends 4.5% more per student than Toledo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.5% lower in Pontiac than in Toledo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pontiac had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Toledo
 Toledo, OHPontiac, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,188$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,072  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor367  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Toledo    50 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I am a renter and the people are cold and disrespectful to you when you are disabled and single. They want to tell you want to do.They want you to make friends when the  More

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Perfect for parents with older children. We moved to Toledo, OH from Madison, WI months before the COVID quarantine in 2020. We cross-compared possible living areas in  More

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Toledoly Terrible! People are aggressive and understanding, after you are nice enough to them for way too long. The city looks like the bad parts of Detroit but does  More

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Reviews for Pontiac    5 Reviews

As soon as they started busing in the early 70’s, this place went to hell in a hand basket! My family moved here in the late 50’s and was once the premiere city in  More

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Like any big city, there are pockets of bad areas in the City. But in general, the Northeast corner is the best with GM powertrain, Piston Palace, Great Lake Crossing,  More

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Lived here from 1979-1998 and the schools are terrible, the future is dim and the crime, poverty and attitude is all so bad that I would not move back here to raise my  More

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