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Delmar, DE vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 4.0% less per student than Delmar.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% higher in Dover than in Delmar. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Delmar
 Delmar, DEDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,862  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor372  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Delmar    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I graduated from Delmar High School.The Delaware-Maryland border runs right through the middle of town.That is why the town name is DEL-MARDelmar is not Not  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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