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Washington, DC vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 61.7% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 72.4% higher in Dothan than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington

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 Washington, DCDothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,279$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069$10,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,354$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.6520.0816.23
 Students per Librarian7966534573
 Students per Counselor445442530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.2%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.0%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%27.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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ZIPS IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
20011, 20002, 20019, 20020, 20009, 20001, 20032, 20016, 20010, 20003, 45 total
ZIPS IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA
36301 36303 36305

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