2025 Compare Cities Education:
Arlington, VA vs Waxhaw, NC

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Highlights
- Waxhaw spends 55.5% less per student than Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.4% higher in Waxhaw than in Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waxhaw had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Arlington
 Arlington, VAWaxhaw, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,477$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,293  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7824573
 Students per Counselor248  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Arlington    36 Reviews

Lived here 17 years, amazing  More

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Resident for 20 years. There is nothing hidden about Arlington. It is an affluent inner suburb of DC with a highly educated, mostly professional, population. The  More

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We've lived in Arlington for the past 7 years, and have enjoyed it but would prefer a less expensive, more open area. We live in a townhouse in Rosslyn, close to the  More

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Reviews for Waxhaw    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Waxhaw used to be a good place, I was born and raised here loving the small friendly town and enviorment. The summer parades were amazing as this was an ideal place to  More

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The schools claim to be good but in reality they are just overrated and kind of bad plus the schools are all overcrowded from everyone moving here. No sidewalks anywhere  More

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Over 14 years ago

It is dangerous and arrogant to jump to conclusions. It is not prejudice towards single women, or any women for that matter. It is a growing saddness that natives feel  More

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