2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain Brook, AL vs Gulf Shores, AL

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Highlights
- Gulf Shores spends 1.6% less per student than Mountain Brook.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.2% lower in Gulf Shores than in Mountain Brook. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gulf Shores had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Brook
 Mountain Brook, ALGulf Shores, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,183$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.86.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain Brook    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Life's good in Mountain Brook! My father was in a hospital for surgery in Birmingham. I got lost and found myself wandering through gorgeous, wooded Montain Brook. Very  More

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Reviews for Gulf Shores    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Owned a place there for 20 years and spend a few weeks each season there. Heading back in a few weeks! Lows: Spotty internet for work. Saturday traffic. Hurricanes.  More

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I know that there are a few people out there that would just as soon throw rotten tomatoes at me for saying what I’m about to say, but I hate, hate, HATE living in Gulf  More

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Over 14 years ago

Gulf Shores offers many sunny days, compared to the rest of Baldwin County.  More

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