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Miami, FL vs Powder Springs, GA

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- Powder Springs spends 17.2% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% lower in Powder Springs than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Powder Springs had 17.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLPowder Springs, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,877$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,686$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5374573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Powder Springs    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I have spent over a decade living in Powder Springs and if you take anything from my review let it be it's a great place to live if you have money and are Caucasian but  More

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Over 20 years ago

Too many cars, too few direct routes, too few left turn lanes. The traffic here is bad just about all the time, not just "rush hour". Going to the YMCA can be a  More

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Over 21 years ago

Powder Springs is great! It's a wonderful place to raise a family. Good schools, incredibly cheap housing, cute, with an old-south charm. The people are remarkably  More

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