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Dover, DE vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 3.0% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.2% higher in Salem than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover

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 Dover, DESalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,576$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,755$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.3818.4416.23
 Students per Librarian12066454573
 Students per Counselor357353530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.8%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.4%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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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