2025 Compare Cities Education:
Watertown, NY vs Lansing, MI

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Highlights
- Lansing spends 29.0% less per student than Watertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.6% higher in Lansing than in Watertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lansing had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Watertown
 Watertown, NYLansing, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,353$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,280  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,708$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11244573
 Students per Counselor277  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  More

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Reviews for Lansing    28 Reviews

I am in my fifth house in the greater Lansing area since relocating here in 1997 from the tri-city area (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw). Pros: people are friendlier here-  More

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I first moved to Lansing in the early 2000s for grad school @ MSU, went away and returned after several years. I must say, the area has improved VERY significantly  More

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This is a really nice place to live and people here are friendly there is a lot to do and a wide variety of different people and belief systems if you know where to look  More

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