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Mountain Home, AR vs Florence, AL

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Highlights
- Florence spends 15.6% more per student than Mountain Home.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.9% higher in Florence than in Mountain Home. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Florence had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain Home
 Mountain Home, ARFlorence, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,356$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,288  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5864573
 Students per Counselor413  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 7 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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Reviews for Florence    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I am a 41 yr old female in search of a new life. I am not running I amj ust trying to find myself some happiness and I would like to know what I can rent there to make  More

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Over 15 years ago

A few years ago, while i was still living in Florence, the local newspaper did an article abt why the young educated people were leaving Florence. In my early 20's as i  More

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Over 16 years ago

we will relocate to Alabama, Muscle Shoals, Florence, Sheffield area.We would like a nice town to live in, where our two kids can grow up and would not cost us a  More

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