2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sandy Springs, GA vs Greenwood, MS

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Highlights
- Greenwood spends 34.4% less per student than Sandy Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Greenwood than in Sandy Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenwood had 16.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sandy Springs
 Sandy Springs, GAGreenwood, MSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,672$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,100  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,147$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4174573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
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 11 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 Greenwood    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

If you are planing a move to Greenwood expecting the legal system here to be the same as other cities; then you are in for a rude awakening. Things are not investigated  More

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Over 16 years ago

Stay out of Greenwood, MS. Dont even consider moving there. There is nothing there but heat, humidity and mud. No one goes out after dark. The mosquitos are so thick  More

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Hi, Does anyone know if Greenwood, Mississippi would be a good place to relocate to? Just how bad is the crime? Is the personal crime mainly in certain areas like bad  More

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