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Derby, KS vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 18.2% more per student than Derby.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% higher in Dover than in Derby. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Derby
 Derby, KSDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor383  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Derby    3 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I remember growing up here in the early '80s. I recently visited and the place is still beautiful and larger now with more to see and do. I have already decided to  More

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Over 19 years ago

The Derby parks and recreation department is the best in the plains states. Some of the best water sports, baseball, football, soccer, Adult recreation is good as well.  More

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Over 19 years ago

The climate in Derby (suburb of Wichita, KS) is moderate to warm. Winters are rearly very cold. Zero degrees only at night we have lived here 11 years and only seen 0  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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