2025 Compare Cities Education:
Signal Mountain, TN vs Canton, GA

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Highlights
- Canton spends 5.2% more per student than Signal Mountain.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% lower in Canton than in Signal Mountain. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Canton had 14.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Signal Mountain
 Signal Mountain, TNCanton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,872$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,814  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,110$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9504573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Signal Mountain    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Safe, totally non diverse though (99% white), schools are ok but most people here use private schools anyway which tells you that this is an exclusive place in general  More

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We have had a great experience in Signal Mountain, people have been very polite and not nosy at all. The air is clean, there is an extremely low crime rate. Summers  More

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Over 14 years ago

Very nice community on top of Walden's Ridge. Approximately 7,500 people living in both small village/country-side environment. Excellent schools - elementary through  More

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Reviews for Canton    9 Reviews

My husband and I moved here a year ago after having lived in South Florida for the better part of our lives. We are retired and love it up here. Property taxes and  More

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I lived there for almost 2 years and I loved it. Most of the places to shop for groceries and clothing are about a 10 minute walk. When I lived there the apartment I  More

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Over 12 years ago

Overall, this appears to be a nice affordable town with relatively low  More

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