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Raleigh, NC vs Anderson, SC

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- Anderson spends 17.1% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Anderson than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh

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 Raleigh, NCAnderson, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$13,600$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$10,481$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$5,778$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1115.1316.23
 Students per Librarian8295764573
 Students per Counselor300358530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%9.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%85.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%21.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%24.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%1.4%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 15 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  More

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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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