2025 Compare Cities Education:
Concord, NC vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Carrboro spends 42.0% more per student than Concord.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% lower in Carrboro than in Concord. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrboro had 6.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Concord
 Concord, NCCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,296  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Concord    8 Reviews

I am looking to relocate due to a new job offer in north Carolina. Ive narrowed my search of cities down to Concord. Some of my concerns coming from California is how is  More

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I recently just moved to Concord, NC from long island. The people are more than polite. The Weather is amazing and the cost of living is reasonable and affordable. I  More

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Over 14 years ago

North Carolina Is very boring. If you want to move to a small town with alot of nice people concord is not the place. Im dying to get out of NC because people are moving  More

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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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