2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Tucson, AZ

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Highlights
- Tucson spends 30.8% less per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.3% higher in Tucson than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tucson had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCTucson, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,756$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,785$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14474573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Tucson    287 Reviews

My wife and I characterize ourselves as a young couple, well educated, with decent positions and we’re Tucson natives. We’ve observed our quality of life from both a  More

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Over 1 years ago

I was reading the reviews for Tucson, and after living there for 6 years, I feel the need to weigh in. There are many pros in Tucson: access to recreational areas,  More

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I spend considerable time in and around Tucson, and I've see it rapidly going "downhill" since 2020. It's definitely not the nice town I remember from when I was a  More

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