2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs La Mesa, CA

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Highlights
- La Mesa spends 5.2% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.0% higher in La Mesa than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- La Mesa had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCLa Mesa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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