2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hanover, NH vs Mount Airy, NC

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Highlights
- Mount Airy spends 51.7% less per student than Hanover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% higher in Mount Airy than in Hanover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Airy had 12.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hanover
 Hanover, NHMount Airy, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,955$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,837  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,201$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8364573
 Students per Counselor168  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.4.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.83.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Hanover    1 Reviews

Hanover/Lyme is where people from MA and NY and other states move so they can be big fish in little ponds. For the area, Hanover is a nice town but there are many such  More

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Reviews for Mount Airy    5 Reviews

I have lived in Mount Airy much of my adult life. I have never liked Mount Airy. Mount Airy is very family-oriented and therefore very cliquish. It is very difficult for  More

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Although the previous comment is almost 5 years old, what was mentioned is pretty true. Crime has worsened, in particular drug activity, with a very active market in  More

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I have been considering moving to Mount Airy. The thing is, when I tried to contact the newspaper classifieds about placing an ad no one replied. Ad when inquired about  More

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