2025 Compare Cities Education:
Douglasville, GA vs Dalton, GA

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Highlights
- Dalton spends 30.5% more per student than Douglasville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% lower in Dalton than in Douglasville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dalton had 24.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Douglasville
 Douglasville, GADalton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,165$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,709  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,252$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3694573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock20.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock68.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Douglasville    7 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Douglasville for a few years and I think it has some good points but also some bad points. 1 of the most comlained about things is that there is no  More

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Over 16 years ago

I recently moved from Columbus, Ohio to Douglasville, Ga. My comment relates to the cost of living and friendliness of people in the town. I purchased a home here that  More

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Over 17 years ago

Generally pleasant when not in a drought cycle, as we are  More

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Reviews for Dalton    10 Reviews

I reside on the outskirts of dalton near chatsworth ,ga or murray county! I have lived here for 26 years and absolutely love our small mountain town with the blueridge  More

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DON'T move here. Seriously,I was staying here with family for a short time and boy did I hate it there's no jobs,unless you wanna work at Wal-Mart or you're used to not  More

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I came to Dalton in 1998, I have work in just about any area of the industry. Yes! there is lots of work in the carpet industry, but only very few get to have the best  More

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