2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dalton, GA vs Milton, FL

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Highlights
- Milton spends 30.2% less per student than Dalton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.4% higher in Milton than in Dalton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Milton had 27.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dalton
 Dalton, GAMilton, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,587$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,472  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,547$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9864573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Milton    3 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

the recent collapse of the housing market has made the situation in the job market very dismal. there are some IT jobs thru clearwire that are new tho. If you think you  More

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My experience as a "newcomer" to the Milton area found welcoming business owners, Pensacola Junior College employees, county employees at many offices, and workers at  More

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Over 19 years ago

Very "born and raised", "born again" town. Not friendly to newcomers. Better if you belong to a Fundamentalist/Evangelical church. Otherwise, acceptance into the  More

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