2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Atkinson, NH

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Highlights
- Atkinson spends 41.9% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.6% lower in Atkinson than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Atkinson had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCAtkinson, NHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,056$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,039$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3334573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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Reviews for Atkinson    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Atkinson has a small town feel yet you are less than 45 minutes to Boston. You are also less than 30 minutes to the beaches and less than 60 minutes to the mountains.  More

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