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East Palestine, OH vs Hickory, NC

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Highlights
- Hickory spends 25.3% less per student than East Palestine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.9% lower in Hickory than in East Palestine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hickory had 5.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to East Palestine
 East Palestine, OHHickory, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,003$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,975  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor428  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for East Palestine    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

We are currently searching for a place to start over and look towards retirement. Both of us have little retirement as the companies that we worked for closed leaving  More

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Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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