2025 Compare Cities Education:
Asheville, NC vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Kent spends 65.5% more per student than Asheville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.3% higher in Kent than in Asheville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kent had 6.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Asheville
 Asheville, NCKent, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,947  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

hello every one   More

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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