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Norcross, GA vs Athens-Clarke County, GA

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Highlights
- Athens-Clarke County spends 23.6% more per student than Norcross.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.6% higher in Athens-Clarke County than in Norcross. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Athens-Clarke County had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Norcross
 Norcross, GAAthens-Clarke County, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,066$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,225  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,136$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6984573
 Students per Counselor461  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%1.5%
Reviews for Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  More

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Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  More

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