2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hendersonville, NC vs Merced, CA

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Highlights
- Merced spends 21.0% more per student than Hendersonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.4% higher in Merced than in Hendersonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Merced had 20.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hendersonville
 Hendersonville, NCMerced, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,332$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,399  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,391$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock61024573
 Students per Counselor354  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock74.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Hendersonville    18 Reviews

I went to visit, was attack on Hendersonville Hwy by to cars. They tried to run me off the road cursing at me shooting birds at me. Very very scary. But I called 911  More

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Over 7 years ago

We love Hendersonville NC. We moved to NC from NJ in 2005. We tried different areas of the region (Leicester, Weaverville, Asheville and South Asheville). Each area  More

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My post is a review of Henderson County in general. First off, the teenage girl who said there's absolutely nothing for kids to do here is absolutely spot-on. If you're  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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