2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Fargo, ND

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Highlights
- Fargo spends 9.8% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% lower in Fargo than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fargo had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCFargo, NDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,075$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,111$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock2864573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Fargo    32 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Grew up in Fargo/Northern MN area and was there 29 years. It’s cheap to live, tons of things to do in the summer. But 3-6 months of the year you more than likely will  More

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Tyrel · 

Grew up in south Minneapolis and headed 3 hours west to Fargo. Why did I want to leave the Twin Cities area? Found a great job. Nicer apartment for less money. Nice  More

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Not your typical North Dakota town. Fargo is on the Minnesota border and Cass County makes up 1/4 of the entire states population. It is the urban center and much more  More

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