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Apex, NC vs Papillion, NE

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Highlights
- Papillion spends 27.2% more per student than Apex.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% lower in Papillion than in Apex. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Papillion had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Apex
 Apex, NCPapillion, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,776$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3914573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Apex    11 Reviews

We moved here from western NY last year. It was hard to leave a solid school system, a house almost paid for, with a yard, and NO HOA. However, jobs were just not there  More

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Over 11 years ago

My introduction to Apex, NC came in July 2009 I was on my way to Florida. On the third day, plans changed due to friend's vehicle malfunction. I stayed in Apex for 9  More

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Over 14 years ago

Apex has a small town atmosphere, but is convenient to the Research Triangle area of North  More

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Reviews for Papillion    6 Reviews

Papillion is a small suburb of Omaha and has low crime, reasonable schools, small town feel (unless you go north into the craziness of Omaha) and is growing by leaps and  More

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I have lived in Papillion Nebraska for twenty years. I live in an older part of town that is annexed and cannot speak to what goes on in the SIDs. I am going to try to  More

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I don't like to be negative. I've lived here for 4 years. At the risk of sounding dramatic (because this city really is), it's possibly the worst place in the great  More

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