2024 Compare Cities Education:
Phoenix, AZ vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 9.8% more per student than Phoenix.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% higher in Dothan than in Phoenix. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Phoenix
 Phoenix, AZDothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$10,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2420.0816.23
 Students per Librarian23486534573
 Students per Counselor718442530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.5%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.6%27.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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