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Akron, OH vs Wilson, NC

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Highlights
- Wilson spends 42.0% less per student than Akron.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.0% higher in Wilson than in Akron. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wilson had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Akron

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 Akron, OHWilson, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,948$9,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,529$9,164$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,158$5,515$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.116.4316.23
 Students per Librarian6075414573
 Students per Counselor347341530
 Grade School Educ.3.8%6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%11.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%82.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%20.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%22.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 3 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 3 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 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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44312, 44310, 44313, 44305, 44306, 44320, 44314, 44301, 44311, 44303, 14 total
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