2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carrboro, NC vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 25.3% less per student than Carrboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.4% higher in Wake Forest than in Carrboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carrboro
 Carrboro, NCWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor280  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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