2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Barre, VT

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Highlights
- Barre spends 44.0% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% lower in Barre than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Barre had 9.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCBarre, VTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,388$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,754$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3084573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Barre    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

The unfortuante circumstances of this once quaint little city is that the lack of recreation, or access financially to recreation, has turned the student age citizens  More

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