2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tucker, GA vs Covington, GA

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Highlights
- Covington spends 15.3% less per student than Tucker.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% higher in Covington than in Tucker. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Covington had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tucker
 Tucker, GACovington, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,120  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,743$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Tucker    7 Reviews

Tucker still feels like a small town. You walk down its sidewalks, and people say hello. No tall buildings, and all the facilities of downtown within its 3 blocks of  More

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Tucker is a great place to live if you want to be close to everything - 30 minutes to airport, 20 minutes to downtown, 15 minutes to Brookhaven/Buckhead or Decatur, but  More

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Over 15 years ago

Tucker is also a small part of Gwinnett County not just  More

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Reviews for Covington    11 Reviews

This county sucks. It is so small that you get ripped off by all of the utility company's. They overcharge the customers and do not provide alternative options for  More

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It might have continued to be a nice place to live if it were not for all those criminals and government money parasites within this city. We are forced to live here now  More

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Over 15 years ago

don't know why people would still want to live here it is too much like dekalb but with out the convience of being closer to atlanta. the schools are terrable the houses  More

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