2025 Compare Cities Education:
Friday Harbor, WA vs Charlotte, NC

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Highlights
- Charlotte spends 35.0% less per student than Friday Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Charlotte than in Friday Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charlotte had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Friday Harbor
 Friday Harbor, WACharlotte, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,789  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,250$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11494573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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Reviews for Charlotte    305 Reviews

My favorite city to live year round with 4 seasons. We love Charlotte  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city has a lot of potential, but it could use some work. For example, it seems to lack things that other cities have. And there is a lack of atmosphere and charm.  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very new transplant (~6 weeks) so first impressions and reasons why I moved here: -great year-round weather, if you don't mind humidity-- less hot in summer than TX/AZ  More

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