2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sandy Springs, GA vs Norcross, GA

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Highlights
- Norcross spends 25.1% less per student than Sandy Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% higher in Norcross than in Sandy Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norcross had 17.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sandy Springs
 Sandy Springs, GANorcross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,100  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  More

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