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Greenville, SC vs Montgomery, AL

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Highlights
- Montgomery spends 16.0% less per student than Greenville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.5% higher in Montgomery than in Greenville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montgomery had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Greenville
 Greenville, SCMontgomery, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 3 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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Reviews for Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 6 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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