2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hamilton, AL vs Hot Springs, AR

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Highlights
- Hot Springs spends 33.1% more per student than Hamilton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Hot Springs than in Hamilton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hot Springs had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hamilton
 Hamilton, ALHot Springs, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.08  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5354573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.8.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Hamilton    1 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

We fell in love with Alabama we where looking at a home in double springs stayed at a motel there in Hamilton, we really liked the people there in Hamilton the home we  More

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Reviews for Hot Springs    25 Reviews

I haven’t ever fully lived in this place but I can say it has a very calm feel. Very nice.  More

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I have lived here for several years. It has a lot of touristy things to do.But as far as living here there is not enough weekly activities to do or places to go. They  More

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Hot Springs, which obviously gets it's name from the springs discovered by DeSoto and the Indians is a beautiful piece of history. In it's heyday it was frequented by  More

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