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Graham, NC vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 26.3% more per student than Graham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.3% higher in Traverse City than in Graham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 12.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Graham
 Graham, NCTraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,202  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor368  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Graham    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am black and a Marine Veteran and why anyone would want to live in Graham is beyond me you could cut the racial tension in the air with a butter knife. In retrospect  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am originally from Overland Park, KS...a suburb of the greater downtown Kansas City Metro area. I am now 32, and up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the Kansas  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was told when I was considering moving to Graham to think of Mayberry 40 years later. This a pretty good description of Graham. It is a very conservative town, where  More

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Reviews for Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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