2025 Compare Cities Education:
Akron, OH vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Greenville spends 39.5% less per student than Akron.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% lower in Greenville than in Akron. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenville had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Akron
 Akron, OHGreenville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,529  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,343$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6754573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 9 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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