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Hickory, NC vs Berea, KY

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- Berea spends 8.1% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Berea than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berea had 4.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory
 Hickory, NCBerea, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,810$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,003$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Berea    3 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Berea is a great community and wonderful place to live. It is a small town atmosphere with beautiful mountains to hike and crafts to see. It is convenient to Lexington  More

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Over 19 years ago

Berea is a wonderful community were people greet you with a friendly smile. Located at exit 76 on I75 it is 45 minutes from Lexington Ky and 2 hrs out of Knoxville Tn.  More

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Over 19 years ago

berea is ok has a college, farming and decent  More

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