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Hickory, NC vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 16.1% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Raleigh than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory
 Hickory, NCRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 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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