2025 Compare Cities Education:
Waterbury, CT vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 34.1% less per student than Waterbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.5% higher in Kalamazoo than in Waterbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 12.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waterbury
 Waterbury, CTKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,223  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Waterbury    10 Reviews

Very affordable but it has its own elegant history (Brass City) Almost all residents keep updating their values timely, the largest community, higher cultural  More

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I was born here in 1988 and have lived here after growing up mainly in next-door Watertown (which is outstanding. Go  More

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Over 11 years ago

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Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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