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Garden Grove, CA vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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- Tuscaloosa spends 22.5% less per student than Garden Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% lower in Tuscaloosa than in Garden Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 19.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden Grove
 Garden Grove, CATuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5284573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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