2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bentonville, AR vs Montgomery, AL

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Highlights
- Montgomery spends 21.0% less per student than Bentonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.0% higher in Montgomery than in Bentonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montgomery had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bentonville
 Bentonville, ARMontgomery, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,788  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Bentonville    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in Bentonville for 5 1/2 years and think it's a great city for families. There are tons of activities for kids and everything seems to be geared to young  More

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Nice people but there is no consumer protection. Be careful renting or spending on high ticket items.  More

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Mindy · 

People are friendly when out and about for the most part. Lots of people from India and CA are moving here. Walmart owns and controls EVERYTHING from the police  More

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Reviews for Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 6 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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