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Mountain Brook, AL vs Pittsfield, MA

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Highlights
- Pittsfield spends 77.1% more per student than Mountain Brook.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.7% lower in Pittsfield than in Mountain Brook. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsfield had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Brook
 Mountain Brook, ALPittsfield, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,370$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,441$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3974573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.86.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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