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Dothan, AL vs Riverview, FL

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Highlights
- Riverview spends 4.2% less per student than Dothan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.1% lower in Riverview than in Dothan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Riverview had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dothan
 Dothan, ALRiverview, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,100  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.08  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10264573
 Students per Counselor442  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Riverview    5 Reviews

One of the few areas in the Tampa Bay region that there is abundant land, not for long, this place is seeing urban sprawl in the last 3 years like no other in America.  More

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Over 14 years ago

We've lived in Riverview for 4 years now, and our neighborhood is about half empty, and has been as long as we've been here. Almost all the houses are rentals, which is  More

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Originally from Upstate NY, we moved to Riverview which I enjoyed being in newer developments. Convenient to everything, Siesta Key, Disney, Clearwater, Macdill AF.  More

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