2025 Compare Cities Education:
Upper Marlboro, MD vs Gaithersburg, MD

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Highlights
- Gaithersburg spends 12.1% more per student than Upper Marlboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.9% lower in Gaithersburg than in Upper Marlboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gaithersburg had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Upper Marlboro
 Upper Marlboro, MDGaithersburg, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,913  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor338  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.4%1.5%
Reviews for Upper Marlboro    2 Reviews

Upper Marlboro is in many ways a difficult place to find. The actual town of Upper Marlboro is very small---located along Route 4 and Old Marlboro Pike---the town was  More

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Over 19 years ago

Live outside of Washington DC, in an area referred to as "rural tier". A mile and a half to chaos! Traffic problems galore, high property cost, school problems.   More

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Reviews for Gaithersburg    10 Reviews

We recently sold our family home of 20+ years in Potomac, MD and moved just down the road to Gaithersburg. We have nothing but good things to say about the people  More

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Over 10 years ago

The city of Gaithersburg offers all of the employment opportunities of being within commuting range of D.C. without the congestion. Homes are more affordable and you  More

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The state has the potential to be a great place to live ... but that 'Reality’ is just slipping away. The current leadership has done a really bang-up job creating so  More

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