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Brighton, MI vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 10.3% less per student than Brighton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.7% lower in Asheville than in Brighton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brighton
 Brighton, MIAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,426  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor617  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Brighton    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Brighton is a great place to live. On the plus side, Brighton (Livingston County) is beautiful with lots of lakes, trees, parks, hiking and biking trails, etc. GREAT  More

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I have lived here for some time and raising kids here is really nice. It's like a small ann arbor, downtown buzzes with festivals, shops, music, parks and restaurants.  More

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Of all the places we have lived in the U.S. this is the best. We have finally found a neighborhood with friendly people of all ages, Great medical care within 10-30  More

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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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Scotty · 

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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