2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 29.1% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.6% higher in Seattle than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 0.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCSeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%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 Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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