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Dover, DE vs Miami, FL

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Highlights
- Miami spends 28.6% less per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.6% higher in Miami than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Miami had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover
 Dover, DEMiami, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,839$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,809$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock27244573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
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 8 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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Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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