2025 Compare Cities Education:
Canton, GA vs Mount Airy, GA

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Highlights
- Mount Airy spends 7.2% more per student than Canton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% lower in Mount Airy than in Canton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Airy had 27.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Canton
 Canton, GAMount Airy, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,726$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2814573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock18.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock62.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Canton    9 Reviews

My husband and I moved here a year ago after having lived in South Florida for the better part of our lives. We are retired and love it up here. Property taxes and  More

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I lived there for almost 2 years and I loved it. Most of the places to shop for groceries and clothing are about a 10 minute walk. When I lived there the apartment I  More

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Over 12 years ago

Overall, this appears to be a nice affordable town with relatively low  More

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Reviews for Mount Airy    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Wonderful Place to live  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved to Georgia during a very difficult time in our family's life. My husband was hurt on his job in 2003. At this time we lived in another state. He had to have  More

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