2025 Compare Cities Education:
Crofton, MD vs Dover, DE

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- Dover spends 6.3% less per student than Crofton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% higher in Dover than in Crofton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Crofton
 Crofton, MDDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,577  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Crofton    9 Reviews

My husband and I moved to Crofton in 2001 and loved it for years. Recently, there has been an influx of traffic, probably due to the new shopping centers and homes going  More

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Over 15 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

I have a lot of contact with people in Crofton and the word is out on this place. If you like police corruption and sleezy politics, this is the place for you. A 12  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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