2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cumberland, MD vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 25.8% less per student than Cumberland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in Raleigh than in Cumberland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cumberland
 Cumberland, MDRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,166  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor301  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Cumberland    4 Reviews

The cost of living here is too high. It has one of the highest gas prices in the state. Cost of Food is much higher. Rents are much higher then in Hampton Roads area of  More

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Over 17 years ago

Don't move here because the governor and state legislature raise all types of taxes including Business taxes. Also the other reason to discourage people to move here is  More

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For a more accurate view of Cumberland, search zipcode 21502--Cumberland is scattered over several hills and creek beds, and the zip more accurately reflects the whole  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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