2025 Compare Cities Education:
Macon, GA vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 62.0% more per student than Macon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.7% higher in Mountain Home than in Macon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Macon
 Mountain Home, GAUnited States, AR
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,288  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.12  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor413  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.4%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  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 Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 7 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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