2025 Compare Cities Education:
Montgomery, AL vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 25.7% more per student than Montgomery.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% lower in Parker than in Montgomery. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 9.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Montgomery
 Montgomery, ALParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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