2025 Compare Cities Education:
Buies Creek, NC vs Pikeville, KY

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- Pikeville spends 33.0% more per student than Buies Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Pikeville than in Buies Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pikeville had 12.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Buies Creek
 Buies Creek, NCPikeville, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,465$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,907  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,910$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor328  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.79.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Buies Creek    2 Reviews

Buies Creek is an unincorporated, one stoplight town (literally) with two championship golf courses and a university. Campbell University has graduate schools in  More

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Over 19 years ago

The town is unique to itself. Where else can you find rigerous academic affairs situated within tabacco and cotten fields? The biggest problem that I find here is the  More

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Reviews for Pikeville    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I've lived in the wonderful county of Pike for the past seven years. Originally I am from Morgan County, but when I met my husband I made the move to Pikeville. Seven  More

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Over 17 years ago

Not much to do in the area, there has been alot of prescription drug abuse, but not alot of major crimes as one user said, I do enjoy the area, people are friendly, the  More

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I have lived in Pikeville, Kentucky for 28 years and I have lived in 3 other cities. I think that Pikeville is a wonderful place to live. I have a strong religious  More

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