2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birmingham, AL vs Syracuse, UT

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Highlights
- Syracuse spends 27.4% less per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.0% higher in Syracuse than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Syracuse had 11.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALSyracuse, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,577$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,168$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock99794573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Syracuse    3 Reviews

A quiet town, yet near interstate I15 and Salt Lake City. Has good city government and services, well planned and maintained parks with recreation, with very good  More

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I am an active Catholic who finds living in an LDS community very positive. One can feel the Christian attitutes prevalent in the community. Neighbors go out of their  More

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Over 14 years ago

Great gardening  More

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