2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ashland, KY vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 31.7% more per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.9% higher in Columbus than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland
 Ashland, KYColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,549  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor297  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ashland    11 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I'm 33 years old, and I've lived in this town for 25 of them. Not by choice. The majority of people here, and I'm not exaggerating, are on drugs. It's sad. And I'm  More

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Over 6 years ago

The people of Ashland are amazing and its growing and getting better everyday. Every weekend there is things to get involved with and excellent local restaurants, as  More

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Over 6 years ago

I'm new to Ashland and it's a step up from flood ravaged Louisiana! I love the weather we have here. After our first year living in Ashland and having  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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