2025 Compare Cities Education:
Montgomery, AL vs Lumberton, MS

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Highlights
- Lumberton spends 5.4% less per student than Montgomery.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.3% lower in Lumberton than in Montgomery. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lumberton had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Montgomery
 Montgomery, ALLumberton, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,553$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,463$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7184573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 6 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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Reviews for Lumberton    2 Reviews

We moved to Lumberton two years ago, for retirement purposes. Pros: Mostly quiet, except for the ambulance hurrying to who knows where. Really inexpensive city  More

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Lumberton MS. is a terrible place. The city leaders can't budget money(big write up on that). Crime is flourishing (rape,murder,drugs). No jobs, and no  More

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