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Bethesda, MD vs Waycross, GA

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Highlights
- Waycross spends 34.6% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Waycross than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waycross had 15.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDWaycross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,916$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,388$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3594573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Waycross    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have a different perspective of living here. I moved her from a large city and I appreciate the fact that I have no commute, the cost of living is very low and the  More

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One time in Waycross and will never visit this God forsaken town again. Cops are high school (22-24yr old) bullies that make up lies and harass rather than serve and  More

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Over 11 years ago

I was born and raised here in the heart of the good ole south in Waycross, Ga. Not much has changed except for the number of meth labs, drugs in general, thugs and  More

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