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Kennesaw, GA vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa spends 14.6% less per student than Kennesaw.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.0% higher in Tuscaloosa than in Kennesaw. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kennesaw

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 Kennesaw, GATuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,877$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,675$9,927$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,686$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4719.2416.23
 Students per Librarian5375284573
 Students per Counselor376396530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.5%90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.7%37.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.7%4.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Kennesaw    9 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for 15 years. Lived in Colorado and Missouri also and spent a lot of time in Southern California. I can tell you this place is terrible! Summers are long,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Warm autumn and always something to do no matter what  More

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Kennesaw - Here's a bit of our background to help in your assessment. We moved to GA from southern CA. I've lived in Kennesaw for 8yrs. We are a multicultural family  More

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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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ZIPS IN KENNESAW, GEORGIA
30144 30152
ZIPS IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
35405 35401 35404 35406 35456 35446

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