2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain Brook, AL vs Towson, MD

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Highlights
- Towson spends 28.4% more per student than Mountain Brook.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% lower in Towson than in Mountain Brook. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Towson had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Brook
 Mountain Brook, ALTowson, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,935$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,409$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6334573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.86.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.9%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 Towson    3 Reviews

Because Towson university is right here, and we're not too far from downtown Baltimore, there are many bus lines running in the area. The problem though is they rarely  More

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Crowded, crime on the rise , very expensive and tax  More

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My wife and I have lived in Towson for seven and a half years. It has many of the things we want in a community but it is not our dream place to live. We would like a  More

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