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Sandy Springs, GA vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 28.7% less per student than Sandy Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.5% higher in Dothan than in Sandy Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sandy Springs

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 Sandy Springs, GADothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,267$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,100$10,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,086$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.820.0816.23
 Students per Librarian5706534573
 Students per Counselor397442530
 Grade School Educ.1.8%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.8%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.2%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.9%27.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.4%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.3%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Sandy Springs    9 Reviews

Sandy Springs GA is one of the cities that is well know to be one of the best places to live in Georgia. Many fortune 500 corporation calls Sandy Springs home, the real  More

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Over 10 years ago

Sandy Springs is decent area close lots of things atlanta has to offer for family activities and social gatherings.  More

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There are lots of choices for schools, synagogues and community organizations for Jews in Sandy Springs. There are three Jewish day schools and a Jewish high school, for  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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ZIPS IN SANDY SPRINGS, GEORGIA
30350 30328 30342
ZIPS IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA
36301 36303 36305

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