2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs St. Paul, MN

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Highlights
- St. Paul spends 29.6% more per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.7% higher in St. Paul than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- St. Paul had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCSt. Paul, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,143$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,276$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%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 St. Paul    24 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

St Paul is a nice city to live, especially for raising a family. I am a transplant, moving here 33 years ago at the age of 26. I am self employed in the remodeling  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Minnesota my whole life and I’m 50+. As you get older the humidity is unbearable and the mosquitoes seem to get bigger?! I can count on one hand how  More

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Over 8 years ago

The MPA community is the most at home I have ever felt.  More

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