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

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 98.6% more per student than Carthage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% higher in Seattle than in Carthage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carthage
 Carthage, NCSeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,542  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Carthage    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Some call it "sweet carthage" really...no industry other than the "Chuck Wagon" restaurant. The city has had high hopes for years of becoming a tourist destination with  More

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Over 14 years ago

Carthage, the county seat of Moore County, was once the center of manufacture of horse drawn carriages...before the automobile was discovered. It has been somewhat slow  More

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I have lived all over the world and never thought I would settle down. Somehow I ended up in North Carolina, close to Carthage. When I found out I was going to be a  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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