2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gaithersburg, MD vs Garden Grove, CA

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- Garden Grove spends 22.6% less per student than Gaithersburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 70.3% higher in Garden Grove than in Gaithersburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 14.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gaithersburg
 Gaithersburg, MDGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Gaithersburg    10 Reviews

We recently sold our family home of 20+ years in Potomac, MD and moved just down the road to Gaithersburg. We have nothing but good things to say about the people  More

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Over 10 years ago

The city of Gaithersburg offers all of the employment opportunities of being within commuting range of D.C. without the congestion. Homes are more affordable and you  More

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The state has the potential to be a great place to live ... but that 'Reality’ is just slipping away. The current leadership has done a really bang-up job creating so  More

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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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