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Kill Devil Hills, NC vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 34.3% more per student than Kill Devil Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% higher in Dover than in Kill Devil Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kill Devil Hills
 Kill Devil Hills, NCDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,468  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.26  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor271  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Kill Devil Hills    1 Reviews

I am a real estate broker in the Kill Devil Hills area and the average house does not cost you $143,000. An average cost is $300,000 - and I can prove it. That is just  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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