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Augusta, ME vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 1.5% more per student than Augusta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% higher in Dover than in Augusta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Augusta

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 Augusta, MEDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,335$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,350$14,812$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,271$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.8514.3816.23
 Students per Librarian31912064573
 Students per Counselor299357530
 Grade School Educ.2.8%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.6%88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.3%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Augusta    8 Reviews

We spent 1 year in Augusta. It is probably the cutest Capitol city that I have ever visited in the US. That being said, it has a dark underbelly and a ruthless drug  More

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Over 14 years ago

Winter in Maine usually starts in November, occasionally in October and lasts until March, sometimes April. Although last year was unusually mild, most folks around  More

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I've been living in Augusta for about 9 months now. Moved here from New Orleans. I should be moving out in a few months; I seriously considered staying in Augusta  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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ZIPS IN AUGUSTA, MAINE
04330
ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902

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