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Reisterstown, MD vs Columbia, MD

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- Columbia spends 5.8% more per student than Reisterstown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Columbia than in Reisterstown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 6.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Reisterstown
 Reisterstown, MDColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Reisterstown    5 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Here in reisterstown is a nice mixture of condos,townhomes,apartments and single family homes,most of the properties are kept up pretty well,and seem to be well spaced  More

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Reisterstown is a small town in Northwest Baltimore County. It has many small, locally owned businesses, including a general bookstore, Constellation Books, a coffee  More

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From beautiful horse country, including Sagamore Farms - once one of America's premier race-horse breeding farms, to less than beautiful sections no more than 10 miles  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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