2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland, IL vs Denver, NC

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Highlights
- Denver spends 34.4% less per student than Highland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% higher in Denver than in Highland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland
 Highland, ILDenver, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,142$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,569  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,380$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6564573
 Students per Counselor1054  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Highland    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Highland is a small farming town and we are growing. We roll up the sidewalks about ten every night except our bars, McDonalds and Walmart. We have a small movie theater  More

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Over 15 years ago

Highland is honestly the second worst place i have ever live right behind Price, UT their is nothing to do and good luck finding a job. the only good thing about  More

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Reviews for Denver    2 Reviews

Moving from a more active city in Florida, I also agree that Denver NC is a slower pace type of town. Much more rural than most towns, but the thing I like the most  More

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Over 11 years ago

Living in Denver NC is definitely quite and a slower pace than I'm used to even though we don't have a Starbucks there is also not a lot of bars or very much crime. The  More

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