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Columbia, MO vs Ellicott City, MD

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Highlights
- Ellicott City spends 25.8% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Ellicott City than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ellicott City had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOEllicott City, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.6%1.5%
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 4 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 Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 18 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  More

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