2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Palm Bay, FL

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Highlights
- Palm Bay spends 31.1% less per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.9% higher in Palm Bay than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palm Bay had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCPalm Bay, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,715$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,574$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8384573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Palm Bay    27 Reviews

I moved to Palm Bay in 2020 and the cost of living has skyrocketed! A two bedroom apartment was around $900/month in 2020. Now it's $1600 and up. Mostly up. A three  More

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My family of 4 have lived here in NW Palm Bay for over 10 years. My wife and my son from another marriage lived here for over 7 before that. I myself have lived here for  More

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I lived in Palm Bay for 12 years. It's a very unfriendly and crowded place to live. It's well into the 90's from late April till right around the 10th of November. The  More

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