2025 Compare Cities Education:
Harrisonburg, VA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 19.2% less per student than Harrisonburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% higher in Raleigh than in Harrisonburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 10.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Harrisonburg
 Harrisonburg, VARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Harrisonburg    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Harrisonburg is small town, yet has the same experiences that a big city offers (just on a smaller scale). The reason for the wealth of experiences is because H'burg is  More

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Any infomation on quality/cost of living will be graetly appreciated.  More

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Over 16 years ago

We moved to H'Burg in 2003 to enjoy a less expensive cost of living, closer proximity to family, low crime rate and better access to quality health care/facilities. We  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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