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Hickory, NC vs Leesburg, FL

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- Leesburg spends 1.4% less per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% higher in Leesburg than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Leesburg had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory
 Hickory, NCLeesburg, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,858$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14334573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Leesburg    4 Reviews

My city sits between Lakes Harris and Griffin as part of the St. John's river system it helped the city grow.Now we rest between the two top growing communitys in  More

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Due to poor wages for the working class most people have to work two jobs this includes both husband and wife therefore children lack supervision so the crime rate is  More

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Nice little town surrounded by lakes. Great if you are retired as the majority of the population is 60+. This is largely driven by The Villages (largest retirement  More

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