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Carthage, NC vs Sun City West, AZ

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Highlights
- Sun City West spends 4.5% more per student than Carthage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% higher in Sun City West than in Carthage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sun City West had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carthage
 Carthage, NCSun City West, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,542  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Sun City West    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

We arrived to take possession of our home at then of April (2016). During the first four months we had many days when the temperature reached 120. When I see that  More

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You have been notified for several years per comments posted that there are NO schools in Sun City West. Why do you persist with the posting of cost per pupil in Sun  More

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Over 15 years ago

My wife and I live in a Del Webb retirement community - called Sun City West, in Phoenix Arizona. Since I am now in my early seventies, it has proven to be just perfect  More

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