2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Mill, SC vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Carrboro spends 8.0% more per student than Fort Mill.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Carrboro than in Fort Mill. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrboro had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Mill
 Fort Mill, SCCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,160  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor313  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Mill    12 Reviews

I am from England and I visited Fort Mill to stay with family friends in 1981 and 1986. Although that was a long time ago I enjoyed meeting wonderful friendly people and  More

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Hello. We're thinking of moving to Fort Mill from NJ this summer. My youngest will be a sophomore in high school so the quality of the school system is paramount, as is  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived here two years and don't feel the school live up to the reviews. It is very crowded here and traffic is rough. The building never stops. The mayor is a  More

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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