2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Rockville, MD

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Highlights
- Rockville spends 26.9% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Rockville than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockville had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCRockville, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.2%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 Rockville    17 Reviews

From MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE to many other people's comments and experiences: - The DC Metropolitan area (Maryland, DC, and Virginia) have an intense white supremacy /  More

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Having practically grown up here, it is fair to think I am biased. Before making assumptions about my opinion, though, I've lived in multiple cities in these states -  More

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Over 10 years ago

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