2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dover, TN vs Edwardsville, IL

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Highlights
- Edwardsville spends 45.5% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.6% lower in Edwardsville than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Edwardsville had 16.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover
 Dover, TNEdwardsville, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,243  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,302$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58374573
 Students per Counselor497  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Dover    2 Reviews

Early March 2009 a song about a peaceful valley in Dover, Tennesse called "Down In Happy Holler" Written and recorded by "HeyCowBoyBob" (alias Bob Wallace) a member of  More

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Over 19 years ago

My wife and I retired here a year ago last October because we fell in love with the area. It is clean, beautiful hills and many, many recreational areas. Dover is a  More

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Reviews for Edwardsville    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Edwardsville is a great town that is growing rapidly. The school district is one of the best in the area, it is the home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Lovely little town with over 75 miles of gorgeous, well maintained, wooded bike trails. Recreational biker's dream  More

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