2025 Compare Cities Education:
Georgetown, KY vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 21.4% less per student than Georgetown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Wake Forest than in Georgetown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 3.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Georgetown
 Georgetown, KYWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor435  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Georgetown    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Georgetown has under gone a tremendous change since 1980. It was the ideal "small town USA". In the mid to late 1980's Toyota came to town and things started to happen.  More

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I was reading what was posted for Georgetown on it's cost of living and educational assets. My children all go to school in Scott County and I thought it should be  More

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Over 18 years ago

Come to Georgetown, KY. Plenty of homes for sale at reasonable prices and jobs here and in  More

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Reviews for Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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