2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 25.9% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.8% higher in Portland than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6144573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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