2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Pittsfield, MA

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Highlights
- Pittsfield spends 50.3% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% lower in Pittsfield than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsfield had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCPittsfield, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,370$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,441$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3974573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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