2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birmingham, AL vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Greenville spends 22.3% less per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.9% lower in Greenville than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenville had 5.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALGreenville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,343$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6754573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 9 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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