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Dalton, GA vs Anderson, SC

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Highlights
- Anderson spends 10.3% less per student than Dalton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.7% higher in Anderson than in Dalton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 26.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dalton
 Dalton, GAAnderson, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,600$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,472  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,778$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5764573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Dalton    10 Reviews

I reside on the outskirts of dalton near chatsworth ,ga or murray county! I have lived here for 26 years and absolutely love our small mountain town with the blueridge  More

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DON'T move here. Seriously,I was staying here with family for a short time and boy did I hate it there's no jobs,unless you wanna work at Wal-Mart or you're used to not  More

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I came to Dalton in 1998, I have work in just about any area of the industry. Yes! there is lots of work in the carpet industry, but only very few get to have the best  More

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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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