2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charlotte, NC vs Roswell, GA

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Highlights
- Roswell spends 29.0% more per student than Charlotte.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% lower in Roswell than in Charlotte. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roswell had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charlotte
 Charlotte, NCRoswell, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,703  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,086$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5704573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Charlotte    305 Reviews

My favorite city to live year round with 4 seasons. We love Charlotte  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city has a lot of potential, but it could use some work. For example, it seems to lack things that other cities have. And there is a lack of atmosphere and charm.  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very new transplant (~6 weeks) so first impressions and reasons why I moved here: -great year-round weather, if you don't mind humidity-- less hot in summer than TX/AZ  More

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Reviews for Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 8 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 8 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  More

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