2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, MA vs Dalton, GA

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Highlights
- Dalton spends 29.2% less per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% higher in Dalton than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dalton had 13.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, MADalton, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,165$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,553  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,252$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3694573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock20.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock68.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Springfield    15 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Springfield is experiencing a rejeuvenation. Does the city have issues? Of course, what medium-sized city doesn't? During the past year, a new $1 billion MGM  More

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This city has a bad rep that is unwarranted. I just bought a terrific little house in a quiet and friendly neighborhood. Everywhere I go in this town, people are  More

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Over 11 years ago

I just moved to Springfield almost a year now. I moved there because I know the housing stock there is plentiful. It's also very affordable. The most affordable place to  More

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Reviews for Dalton    10 Reviews

I reside on the outskirts of dalton near chatsworth ,ga or murray county! I have lived here for 26 years and absolutely love our small mountain town with the blueridge  More

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DON'T move here. Seriously,I was staying here with family for a short time and boy did I hate it there's no jobs,unless you wanna work at Wal-Mart or you're used to not  More

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I came to Dalton in 1998, I have work in just about any area of the industry. Yes! there is lots of work in the carpet industry, but only very few get to have the best  More

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