2024 Compare Cities Education:
Shirley, NY vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 45.1% less per student than Shirley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% higher in Dover than in Shirley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Shirley
 Shirley, NYDover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,219$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965$14,812$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$18,018$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.2714.3816.23
 Students per Librarian111412064573
 Students per Counselor356357530
 Grade School Educ.4.7%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.8%88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.2%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.6%25.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.0%9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Shirley    7 Reviews

Your standard, run-of-the-mill suburb, complete with strip malls and endless suburban sprawl. I suppose it's ideal for well-off retirees, the beach is nice and has  More

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Over 11 years ago

High taxes but nice middle class town,schools are nice  More

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Over 11 years ago

nice schools dont believe what some people say,if you looking to live here you should come and drive around few blocks you will like it, its a nice middle class  More

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Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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