2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Island, NE vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 16.7% less per student than Grand Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% lower in Asheville than in Grand Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 12.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Island
 Grand Island, NEAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,175  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Island    1 Reviews

nice for the family but hard to find a good paying job.. the platte river is nice. i would try kearney before grand  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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