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Carrboro, NC vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 25.3% less per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% higher in Raleigh than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro

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 Carrboro, NCRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,548$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405$9,531$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,885$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.0915.1116.23
 Students per Librarian5438294573
 Students per Counselor280300530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%16.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.2%7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%52.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.24.4%13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%2.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 12 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 14 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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