2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fall River, MA vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 18.4% less per student than Fall River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% higher in Dover than in Fall River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 17.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fall River
 Fall River, MADover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,183  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Fall River    9 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Could not leave fast enough. Crime, unemployment, and the prejudice against anyone not of Portuguese descent was palpable. Gangs running  More

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Over 9 years ago

A lot of negative thing are being said about fall river on this page. I grew up in this city and I have to say it was much nicer when I was a child.but it seems like  More

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As someone who was born and raised in Fall River, MA, I have to say that all the negative remarks I read are absolutely correct. In fact, the only good thing about Fall  More

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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 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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