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Holden Beach, NC vs Graham, NC

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Highlights
- Graham spends 22.9% less per student than Holden Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Graham than in Holden Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Graham had 11.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Holden Beach
 Holden Beach, NCGraham, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,370  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,180$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Holden Beach    5 Reviews

I was looking to purchase a beach house some where in North Carolina so I could be close to my home base of Charlotte, NC and not feel like when I returned, I would need  More

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I recently purchased a home in Holden Beach after doing tons of research on the Brunswick Islands in North Carolina (Ocean Isle, Oak Island and Caswell Beach.). I picked  More

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Over 1 years ago

I recently purchased a home in Holden Beach after doing tons of research on the Brunswick Islands in North Carolina (Ocean Isle, Oak Island and Caswell Beach.). I picked  More

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Reviews for Graham    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am black and a Marine Veteran and why anyone would want to live in Graham is beyond me you could cut the racial tension in the air with a butter knife. In retrospect  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am originally from Overland Park, KS...a suburb of the greater downtown Kansas City Metro area. I am now 32, and up until a year and a half ago, I lived in the Kansas  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was told when I was considering moving to Graham to think of Mayberry 40 years later. This a pretty good description of Graham. It is a very conservative town, where  More

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