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Dothan, AL vs Montgomery, AL

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Highlights
- Montgomery spends 12.9% less per student than Dothan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Montgomery than in Dothan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montgomery had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dothan

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 Dothan, ALMontgomery, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,594$10,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,100$9,508$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,709$5,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.0820.9116.23
 Students per Librarian6536064573
 Students per Counselor442454530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.7%87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%20.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.8%7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%33.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.8%10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.5%1.5%

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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 3 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 3 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 Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 5 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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