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Gilroy, CA vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 34.1% less per student than Gilroy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.4% lower in Asheville than in Gilroy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 11.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gilroy
 Gilroy, CAAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 20 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  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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