2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ashburn, VA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 34.9% less per student than Ashburn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% higher in Raleigh than in Ashburn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashburn
 Ashburn, VARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,780  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor250  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

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Over 10 years ago

Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

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Over 10 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

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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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Over 2 years ago

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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