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Bethesda, MD vs Huntsville, AL

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Highlights
- Huntsville spends 43.4% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.4% higher in Huntsville than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Huntsville had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDHuntsville, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,176$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,898$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5644573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Huntsville    53 Reviews

Low cost of living, and all the amenities you need within a short distance. However, the city really hasn't gone through gentrification. There isn't a "nice" part of  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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