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Highlands, NC vs Lake Arrowhead, CA

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Highlights
- Lake Arrowhead spends 30.1% more per student than Highlands.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.8% higher in Lake Arrowhead than in Highlands. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Arrowhead had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highlands
 Highlands, NCLake Arrowhead, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,359  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor407  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%1.5%
Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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Reviews for Lake Arrowhead    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Even though there are a huge number of homes on the market, there are still new homes being built and more and more vacant homes. The new homes don't necessarily have  More

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Over 11 years ago

Since the housing prices have declined so much in the area (we bought our home in 2006, now in 2014 we have lost $100,000 in value) I have noticed the crime rate is  More

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Over 17 years ago

The Lake Arrowhead Architectual Committee known as AWAC will make all decisions as to the color of your home. Brown and green appear to be the favorite of AWAC.  More

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