2025 Compare Cities Education:
Macon, GA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 3.2% more per student than Macon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% lower in Chico than in Macon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Macon
 Chico, GAUnited States, CA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
Reviews for Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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