2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glasgow, KY vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 10.5% more per student than Glasgow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.8% higher in Birmingham than in Glasgow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Glasgow
 Glasgow, KYBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,622  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor297  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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