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Dumas, TX vs Dalton, GA

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Highlights
- Dalton spends 33.6% more per student than Dumas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% higher in Dalton than in Dumas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dalton had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Dumas
 Dumas, TXDalton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,165$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,341  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,252$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3694573
 Students per Counselor524  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock20.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock68.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Dumas    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Lived here most of my life. It is, as another reviewer stated, unfortunately run by the large hispanic population. That in itself would not be bad at all because they  More

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Over 19 years ago

Dumas is a sleepy little town in the Texas Panhandle. Cost of living is low but so is quality of living. The town is dominated by the Hispanic population, many 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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