2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grand Rapids, MN vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 53.0% less per student than Grand Rapids.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% lower in Asheville than in Grand Rapids. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Rapids
 Grand Rapids, MNAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   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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