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Norcross, GA vs Columbus, GA

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 3.4% less per student than Norcross.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% lower in Columbus than in Norcross. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 10.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Norcross

Education
 Norcross, GAColumbus, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,190$11,775$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,225$11,404$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,621$6,958$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.9514.9716.23
 Students per Librarian8076024573
 Students per Counselor461388530
 Grade School Educ.11.8%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.80.3%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.4%9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.2%27.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.5%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 9 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 15 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 Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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