2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gallup, NM vs Buford, GA

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Highlights
- Buford spends 22.4% less per student than Gallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Buford than in Gallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Buford had 11.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gallup
 Gallup, NMBuford, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,250  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.22  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor453  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Gallup    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Gallup for over 20 years and find this area very interesting. The tourist just blowing through see the vagrants & general run-down appearance, turn up  More

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Over 13 years ago

Gallup NM has great places to hike around and minimal cultural diversity. I found most of the white folk ( I am caucasion) to be super red neck.. I am having a hard time  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have to argue with the so called statistics. There are 3 kinds of lies and this is one of them in my view. I am/was an ER nurse and we see the worst a society has to  More

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Reviews for Buford    5 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here in Buford for 10 years. I love Buford! I never plan on leaving. Close enough to Atlanta, but far enough away also. Love the diversity in Gwinnett County! It  More

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Over 10 years ago

Buford is a great place to live because the school system is great. It's a great place to live. The only thing that if I issue is that you can get looked at if you are a  More

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As a former New Yorker (Long Island) it took a while to get used to NOT waiting on a long line when you go shopping or out to dinner or the DMV. Driving around in my  More

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