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Goldsboro, NC vs Leland, NC

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Highlights
- Leland spends 31.5% more per student than Goldsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% higher in Leland than in Goldsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leland had 9.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Goldsboro
 Goldsboro, NCLeland, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,898$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,504  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,165$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8104573
 Students per Counselor378  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Goldsboro    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We have recently moved to Goldsboro and just love it. We moved from another small NC town in the west where we lived for many years. Everyone here is so friendly! Much  More

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Over 8 years ago

It is the military that brought my husband and I to this quaint small town of Goldsboro, and we have lived here for about 4 years now. We consider Goldsboro to be a  More

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Over 8 years ago

Goldsboro is a nice homey place to live. I know a lot of people that move out of the town and come back because there is family here. There is a plenty of beaches to go  More

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Reviews for Leland    4 Reviews

J · Apex, NC
Over 3 years ago

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

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Over 17 years ago

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

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