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Oakton, VA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 33.9% less per student than Oakton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% higher in Raleigh than in Oakton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakton

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 Oakton, VARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,573$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,083$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.5215.1116.23
 Students per Librarian6718294573
 Students per Counselor273300530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.1%92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.1%16.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.2%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.9%52.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.27.3%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree6.0%2.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Oakton    5 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Oakton is a good place to live, though house prices are high.  More

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Over 15 years ago

Great place to live as Fairfax county allows archery hunting on any size acreage. Plenty of whitetail deer roaming about eating your shrubs make tasty treats. Whitetail  More

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Over 16 years ago

The schools are top notch, and there is so much to do in DC, only 20 miles  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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ZIPS IN OAKTON, VIRGINIA
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ZIPS IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total

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