2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Norcross, GA

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Highlights
- Norcross spends 27.7% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% lower in Norcross than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norcross had 11.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHNorcross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  More

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