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Troy, MI vs Grand Rapids, MI

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Highlights
- Grand Rapids spends 3.5% less per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Grand Rapids than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy

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 Troy, MIGrand Rapids, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,188$14,664$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595$11,296$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$6,936$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.021716.23
 Students per Librarian80911244573
 Students per Counselor537681530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%6.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%20.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.7%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%38.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.6%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 5 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 7 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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Reviews for Grand Rapids    62 Reviews

I've lived in Grand Rapids about 85% of my life and can confidently say it is a great place to live for anyone. I know countless people who dogged the city, moved  More

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Grand Rapids proper - the small city - is fairly OK. Nothing special stands out about it when judged against the nicer areas of the US, but it has some decent dining and  More

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Wow. “bland Rapids and everyone is Smug, uptight and part of the Christian Reformed Church. “ Someone is accurately describing Grand Rapids in 1985. Much has changed  More

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