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Columbus, OH vs Athens-Clarke County, GA

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Highlights
- Athens-Clarke County spends 10.6% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% higher in Athens-Clarke County than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens-Clarke County had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus

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 Columbus, OHAthens-Clarke County, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,851$15,066$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310$13,771$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,973$8,136$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.721.9416.23
 Students per Librarian6946984573
 Students per Counselor388283530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%47.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%6.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
43228, 43229, 43207, 43232, 43224, 43204, 43235, 43110, 43201, 43219, 31 total
ZIPS IN ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA
30606 30605 30601 30607 30622 30683 30602 30609

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