2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elk River, MN vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 12.3% less per student than Elk River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.8% lower in Raleigh than in Elk River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elk River
 Elk River, MNRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,784  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor636  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Elk River    3 Reviews

The Northstar commuter rail line and the commuter rail station in Elk River (to be completed later in 2009) that will connect Elk River to Minneapolis, and a recent  More

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Over 18 years ago

good place to live and close to the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Small town but growing, nice place to live. Will be getting mass-transit soon, to  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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