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Raleigh, NC vs Wilson, NC

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Highlights
- Wilson spends 15.4% less per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% higher in Wilson than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wilson had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh

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 Raleigh, NCWilson, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$9,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$9,164$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$5,515$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1116.4316.23
 Students per Librarian8295414573
 Students per Counselor300341530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%11.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%82.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%20.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%22.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%0.7%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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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 Wilson    7 Reviews

I grew up close to Wilson, attended college at Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College. Back in my college days, Wilson had a lot of great places to go eat,  More

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Wilson (Wilson County) is a fine place to live especially if you are from Wilson. Outsiders are not exactly welcome. Also the town is from 'old money' so the city  More

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Food: There are very few nice places to eat, but everything is so cheap that you can get a good dinner at a clean, well decorated, sit-down establishment for $10. A few  More

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27610, 27603, 27616, 27604, 27606, 27613, 27615, 27612, 27614, 27609, 15 total
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