2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elizabeth City, NC vs Portales, NM

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Highlights
- Portales spends 14.5% more per student than Elizabeth City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Portales than in Elizabeth City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portales had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elizabeth City
 Elizabeth City, NCPortales, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,386$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,273$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8004573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Elizabeth City    9 Reviews

chandler · 
Over 6 years ago

I lived in this city my whole life and is love  More

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let me start by saying yes i was once part of the crime issues in my city i love to now call home,and at my age now ive studied and researched the different cities thats  More

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Over 13 years ago

Elizabeth city has has alot of potiential square feet wise that is. Other than that the city needs some people (Out of state) with common sense to run the city, city  More

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Reviews for Portales    10 Reviews

In a single sentence, this is a town that is slowly dying in the desert- and nobody here cares. Why- because the people who run this town were born in the 1940's or  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love portales new.Mexico they have nice people I like boys cute boys that the high school  More

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If you like boring, low wages, and high unemployment for mediocre jobs, and ultra-conservatism then this is the place for you.  More

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