2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain Brook, AL vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 15.8% more per student than Mountain Brook.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.1% higher in Irvine than in Mountain Brook. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Brook
 Mountain Brook, ALIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.86.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%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 Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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