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Bethesda, MD vs Louisville, KY

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Highlights
- Louisville spends 20.9% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Louisville than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Louisville had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda

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 Bethesda, MDLouisville, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$15,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$14,255$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$7,769$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6315.1516.23
 Students per Librarian4904674573
 Students per Counselor292227530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%31.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%1.5%1.5%

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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 Louisville    32 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in Louisville for 68 years it's one of the best cities to live in. The worse thing about Louisville is how much it has grown. Crime has increased in downtown  More

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Over 3 years ago

I spent a day in Louisville as a tourist. Horrible. Nothing to see. Kind of decrepited. I wished I'd skipped it  More

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Over 3 years ago

Love/miss Louisville! Not to big, not to small. JUST PERFECT!  More

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ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816
ZIPS IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
40214, 40216, 40299, 40219, 40229, 40272, 40291, 40245, 40218, 40220, 20 total

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