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Dover, DE vs Ocean City, MD

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Highlights
- Ocean City spends 40.5% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.0% lower in Ocean City than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ocean City had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover

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 Dover, DEOcean City, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,576$23,295$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812$18,581$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,755$12,098$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.3811.516.23
 Students per Librarian12064254573
 Students per Counselor357284530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.8%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%24.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.1%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%35.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%0.6%1.5%

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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 6 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 Ocean City    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

The town itself if quaint but typically coastal. In high season you will crawl from traffic light to traffic light. Maybe place to be single but don't grow old alone.  More

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Over 11 years ago

Not that bad at all. My family stays here every summer, and we have no problems. The crime rating is only a 10 because the boardwalk gets a lot of petty theft and drunk  More

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Over 11 years ago

Crime here really isnt a 10. The boardwalk gets a lot of drunk people and petty theft during the summer, and that skews the results. Ive stayed here in OC every summer  More

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ZIPS IN DOVER, DELAWARE
19901 19904 19902
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