2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Roswell, GA

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Highlights
- Roswell spends 4.6% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% higher in Roswell than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roswell had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCRoswell, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,086$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5704573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 8 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 8 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  More

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