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Arab, AL vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 10.0% more per student than Arab.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% higher in Dothan than in Arab. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Arab

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 Arab, ALDothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,540$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,817$10,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,661$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.9120.0816.23
 Students per Librarian4716534573
 Students per Counselor433442530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.3%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.7%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.5%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.9%27.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.4%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Arab    1 Reviews

The crime statistics are incorrect. The Arab Police Jurisdiction is 3 miles outside of the city limits. This adds several thousand people to the population count. So  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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