2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shelton, CT vs Norcross, GA

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Highlights
- Norcross spends 47.0% less per student than Shelton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.9% higher in Norcross than in Shelton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norcross had 15.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Shelton
 Shelton, CTNorcross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8074573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Shelton    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Shelton ct for 14 years and the taxes are low and is not  More

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I love Shelton it's the best place to live. Good schools, low crime, low taxes for CT, great volunteer firefighters and EMT's.  More

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Over 13 years ago

I see a lot of people complain about Shelton.OK,it's their right.Is it perfect? Of course not.But I've seen a lot of people leave and come back in a year or two.What is  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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