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Cumming, GA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 30.4% more per student than Cumming.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.2% lower in Columbia than in Cumming. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 17.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cumming
 Cumming, GAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,283  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor442  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Cumming    9 Reviews

My family moved to the Polo Fields in Cumming in 1999 on a job transfer and moved out of the area to return to WI in 2013. I commuted to Alpharetta, about 12 miles  More

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Over 9 years ago

I am thinking of moving to georgia,cumming from phila.I wanted to know about the jobs.I am a cna.also housing and good  More

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Over 12 years ago

We moved to Cumming, GA in 2012. It's growing rapidly and has a number of housing options for families of all sizes. Cost of living here is higher than the national  More

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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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