2025 Compare Cities Education:
Macon, GA vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 4.0% less per student than Macon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% higher in Dover than in Macon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Macon
 Dover, GAUnited States, DE
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.38  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  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 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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