2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dallas, TX vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 7.9% less per student than Dallas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% lower in Asheville than in Dallas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 17.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dallas
 Dallas, TXAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,291  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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