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Columbia, MO vs Athens-Clarke County, GA

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Highlights
- Athens-Clarke County spends 5.8% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 71.5% higher in Athens-Clarke County than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens-Clarke County had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia

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 Columbia, MOAthens-Clarke County, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,237$15,066$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303$13,771$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,199$8,136$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7921.9416.23
 Students per Librarian4526984573
 Students per Counselor260283530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%47.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.5%14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.3%6.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
65203 65202 65201 65215
ZIPS IN ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA
30606 30605 30601 30607 30622 30683 30602 30609

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