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Columbia, MD vs Attleboro, MA

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Highlights
- Attleboro spends 13.4% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Attleboro than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Attleboro had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDAttleboro, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,311$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,937$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5294573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Attleboro    5 Reviews

I was born and raised in Attleboro, as was my father. Lived there from 1950-1968 and again from 1970-1973. The town was not bad when I was growing up, other than the  More

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I'll try this again because my reviews seem to have difficulty posting to this Sperlingbest website. Attleboro is basically a suburb of Providence, RI and thru the  More

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Attleboro, MA is fast becoming one of the best places in Massachusetts to live. Once a thriving jewelry city, over the past 30 years Attleboro experienced a decline in  More

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