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Anderson, IN vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 24.4% less per student than Anderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.3% lower in Mountain Home than in Anderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Anderson
 Anderson, INMountain Home, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,820$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,338  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,418$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.05  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6464573
 Students per Counselor3025  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Anderson    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Seems to check all the boxes for retirement. Housing appears to be affordable and is close to a large city  More

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This city has had it's problems, as many of the Whiners & Moaners making comments here have written. So What! There are probably a thousand cities in the USA today with  More

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Over 14 years ago

Anderson lost thousands of jobs from the auto industry which resulted in many vacant houses. Combine that with the housing bubble popping and the result is very  More

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Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 7 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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