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Amherst, NY vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 29.2% less per student than Amherst.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% higher in Dover than in Amherst. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Amherst

Education
 Amherst, NYDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$23,413$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,132$14,812$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,129$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.4114.3816.23
 Students per Librarian86812064573
 Students per Counselor319357530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.0%88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.8%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.1%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 14 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 16 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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