2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, GA vs Norcross, GA

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Highlights
- Norcross spends 12.5% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% higher in Norcross than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norcross had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, GANorcross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,007  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Albany    35 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I was born and raised here Have moved out of Albany ,but Albany is a portal to HELL. I do not recommend anyone living here nothing good about this town at all Most  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born and raised here Have moved out of Albany ,but Albany is a portal to HELL. I do not recommend anyone living here nothing good about this town at all Most  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born and raised here Have moved out of Albany ,but Albany is a portal to HELL. I do not recommend anyone living here nothing good about this town at all Most  More

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Reviews for Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  More

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