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Carrboro, NC vs Charlotte, NC

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Highlights
- Charlotte spends 18.9% less per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.8% higher in Charlotte than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charlotte had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro

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 Carrboro, NCCharlotte, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,548$12,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405$9,703$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,885$6,250$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.0916.2116.23
 Students per Librarian54311494573
 Students per Counselor280307530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.2%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%45.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.24.4%12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 12 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 14 years ago

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

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Reviews for Charlotte    305 Reviews

My favorite city to live year round with 4 seasons. We love Charlotte  More

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Over 2 years ago

This city has a lot of potential, but it could use some work. For example, it seems to lack things that other cities have. And there is a lack of atmosphere and charm.  More

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Over 3 years ago

Very new transplant (~6 weeks) so first impressions and reasons why I moved here: -great year-round weather, if you don't mind humidity-- less hot in summer than TX/AZ  More

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