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Asheville, NC vs Anchorage, AK

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Highlights
- Anchorage spends 37.1% more per student than Asheville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% higher in Anchorage than in Asheville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anchorage had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Asheville

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 Asheville, NCAnchorage, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,129$16,628$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,947$15,402$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,886$8,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.317.4416.23
 Students per Librarian3634994573
 Students per Counselor239413530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%25.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.2%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%2.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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ZIPS IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
28806 28803 28715 28804 28704 28805 28801
ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total

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