2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hendersonville, NC vs Prospect, KY

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Highlights
- Prospect spends 31.8% more per student than Hendersonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% higher in Prospect than in Hendersonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prospect had 6.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hendersonville
 Hendersonville, NCProspect, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,399  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,769$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4674573
 Students per Counselor354  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.0%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 Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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