2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salem, MA vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 51.4% less per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% higher in Mountain Home than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, MAMountain Home, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,820$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,418$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6464573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salem    4 Reviews

I've been in Salem, Massachusetts for a year now because it brought me up here for my husband's job. Salem may be a great place to visit during Halloween but other  More

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Over 12 years ago

My husband and I move to Salem, MA from Long Island NY five years ago and we love it! We kept on visiting for Halloween and we just decided to move here for the hell of  More

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Over 18 years ago

We are family friendly, albeit strange. We celebrate Halloween for a month. Check out the Haunted Happenings  More

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Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 7 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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