2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain Brook, AL vs Sandy Springs, GA

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Highlights
- Sandy Springs spends 23.3% more per student than Mountain Brook.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.6% lower in Sandy Springs than in Mountain Brook. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sandy Springs had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Brook
 Mountain Brook, ALSandy Springs, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,086$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5704573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.86.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Sandy Springs    9 Reviews

Sandy Springs GA is one of the cities that is well know to be one of the best places to live in Georgia. Many fortune 500 corporation calls Sandy Springs home, the real  More

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Over 11 years ago

Sandy Springs is decent area close lots of things atlanta has to offer for family activities and social gatherings.  More

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There are lots of choices for schools, synagogues and community organizations for Jews in Sandy Springs. There are three Jewish day schools and a Jewish high school, for  More

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