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Dover, DE vs Anchorage, AK

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Highlights
- Anchorage spends 0.3% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% higher in Anchorage than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anchorage had 6.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover

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 Dover, DEAnchorage, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,576$16,628$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812$15,402$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,755$8,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.3817.4416.23
 Students per Librarian12064994573
 Students per Counselor357413530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.8%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.3%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902
ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total

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