2025 Compare Cities Education:
Anderson, SC vs Norman, OK

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Highlights
- Norman spends 30.5% less per student than Anderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% higher in Norman than in Anderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norman had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Anderson
 Anderson, SCNorman, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,452$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,481  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,168$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4234573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.5%1.5%
Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 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 16 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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Reviews for Norman    10 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I was born here, raised here, and spent most of my formative years here, but plan to leave soon. The schools are good, the healthcare is okay, and there is very little  More

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I originally came to live in Langston, OK because I had lost my job in Sanford, Florida. I had lived in Florida all of my life (45 years) until coming to Oklahoma. I was  More

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Over 12 years ago

When I came to college in Norman in 1967, after a childhood spent on miliary bases, I saw the leafy neighborhoods and the truly beautiful OU campus and I thought it was  More

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