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Eldersburg, MD vs Bethesda, MD

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Highlights
- Bethesda spends 27.5% more per student than Eldersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Bethesda than in Eldersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Eldersburg

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 Eldersburg, MDBethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,479$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,465$16,697$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,030$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.0413.6316.23
 Students per Librarian5254904573
 Students per Counselor321292530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%0.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.3%98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%5.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.8%1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.9%87.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.1%28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%17.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.9%13.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Eldersburg    5 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Ive lived here most of my life and Im beyond over it. If your a caucasian, amateur, obsessed with overaccomplishment and materialism....You will fit right in. Im on a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Eldersburg and Sykesville Maryland are 2 cities whose names are fairly interchangeable. I've lived in many places all over MD and have to say that these are by far the  More

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Over 14 years ago

I comute 1 hour for work and these people are in a race to get everywhere. The majority of people are high strung and unstable. The cities all around are filled with  More

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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ZIPS IN ELDERSBURG, MARYLAND
21784 21048 21797 21104
ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816

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