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Cleveland, OH vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 34.6% less per student than Cleveland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% higher in Birmingham than in Cleveland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 6.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cleveland

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 Cleveland, OHBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,172$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,425$11,144$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,106$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.719.3216.23
 Students per Librarian8435474573
 Students per Counselor462417530
 Grade School Educ.5.0%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.6%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.2%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Cleveland    95 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I live in a suburb right outside of Cleveland. I fear Cleveland gets a bad wrap in many people eyes. Although many families moved to the area for steel and auto  More

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I relocated to Cleveland 8 months ago from south of Columbus, OH. Having spent a lot of time in Columbus and central Ohio, I wanted to change. So I spontaneously decided  More

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Lived in Cleveland for 10 years. Loved it. Of course it has its issues, but there are a lot of great things about this city, and the people that live there should  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
44102, 44111, 44109, 44105, 44120, 44128, 44135, 44106, 44108, 44104, 18 total
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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