2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gary, IN vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 7.1% less per student than Gary.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% lower in Asheville than in Gary. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gary
 Gary, INAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor674  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Gary    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 5 years as a homeless gay drug addict, and I think this place is a real  More

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Over 10 years ago

Been here most of my life left and went to Air Force policies and elected residents are terrible not all there is a few that is really concerned but being that they say  More

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I lived in Gary in 1972 - 1976. I was just a kid but I loved Gary. My family moved to upstate NY and after college I moved to San Francisco, Ca. I will tell you this, I  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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