2024 Compare Cities Education:
Thomaston, GA vs Anderson, SC

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Highlights
- Anderson spends 15.9% more per student than Thomaston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% higher in Anderson than in Thomaston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 6.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thomaston
 Thomaston, GAAnderson, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,730$13,600$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,289$10,481$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,517$5,778$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.0515.1316.23
 Students per Librarian6755764573
 Students per Counselor368358530
 Grade School Educ.7.8%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.8%9.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.4%85.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%21.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.2%24.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.5%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.4%1.5%
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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 15 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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