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Dothan, AL vs Cumming, GA

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- Cumming spends 18.5% more per student than Dothan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.1% lower in Cumming than in Dothan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cumming had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dothan
 Dothan, ALCumming, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,100  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.08  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10864573
 Students per Counselor442  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 4 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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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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