2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgeland, SC vs Dover, DE

Change Cities
Highlights
- Dover spends 22.6% less per student than Ridgeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% lower in Dover than in Ridgeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 10.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgeland
 Ridgeland, SCDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,605  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor267  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Ridgeland    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Ridgeland is a wonderful town to grow up in. I've lived here for 29 years. The public school system here is very far behind and most of the people here have to pay extra  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Ridgeland

Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

   |    Reply

Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

   |    Reply

Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Dover


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.