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Mansfield, TX vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 31.3% more per student than Mansfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Columbia than in Mansfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mansfield
 Mansfield, TXColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,823  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mansfield    15 Reviews

I lived in Mansfield for over 15 years. Now it's so crowded, poor infrastructure, slow trash pick up and house are being built on top of each other. Now they are trying  More

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Over 4 years ago

Be careful moving to this town, they build new houses and schools very close to active gas wells. Over 50 active gas wells in this town, some homes are few hundred feet  More

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Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Mansfield about 18 years. It has grown a lot but I believe they’re doing pretty good with keeping up with the number of people except possibly the traffic  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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