2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tuscaloosa, AL vs Brisbane, CA

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Highlights
- Brisbane spends 69.6% more per student than Tuscaloosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% higher in Brisbane than in Tuscaloosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brisbane had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tuscaloosa
 Tuscaloosa, ALBrisbane, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,927  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor396  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.8%1.5%
Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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Reviews for Brisbane    4 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

is the name of this town because during the winter holiday people put up stars on their homes that can been seen from the entrance to the town that are donated by shops  More

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Brisbane is a very cute little town/city/suburb. But it's kind of expensive and a little bit difficult and long to get into the city. And as far as getting around in the  More

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Over 14 years ago

awesome climate to live  More

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