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Harrisonburg, VA vs Apex, NC

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Highlights
- Apex spends 19.2% less per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% higher in Apex than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Apex had 17.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg

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 Harrisonburg, VAApex, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,377$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,434$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5715.1116.23
 Students per Librarian6418294573
 Students per Counselor326300530
 Grade School Educ.8.6%0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%1.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.4%98.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%13.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.4%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%64.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.2%21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 15 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Apex    11 Reviews

We moved here from western NY last year. It was hard to leave a solid school system, a house almost paid for, with a yard, and NO HOA. However, jobs were just not there  More

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Over 10 years ago

My introduction to Apex, NC came in July 2009 I was on my way to Florida. On the third day, plans changed due to friend's vehicle malfunction. I stayed in Apex for 9  More

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Over 13 years ago

Apex has a small town atmosphere, but is convenient to the Research Triangle area of North  More

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ZIPS IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA
22801 22802 22807
ZIPS IN APEX, NORTH CAROLINA
27502 27539 27523 27562

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