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Dover, DE vs Torrington, CT

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Highlights
- Torrington spends 58.2% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.8% lower in Torrington than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Torrington had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover
 Dover, DETorrington, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,331$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3864573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 7 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 Torrington    8 Reviews

I bought a bank owned house in Torrington in 2011 and actually sold it for less in 2018 just to get out of this horrible place. The taxes are awful, 46 mill rate for  More

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I have lived and worked in Torrington for 25 years, but am not originally from here. Torrington is the biggest city, really the only city, in NW CT. Further north and  More

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Except for the winter (which I don't like anywhere), this region is beautiful. Torrington is an old mill town, so parts of it are definitely rough around the edges. On  More

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