2025 Compare Cities Education:
Janesville, WI vs Wilson, NC

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Highlights
- Wilson spends 41.3% less per student than Janesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.3% higher in Wilson than in Janesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wilson had 11.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Janesville
 Janesville, WIWilson, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,432  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,515$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.22  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5414573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Janesville    12 Reviews

Beautiful City - on an Ice Age Trail. I moved here during the Covid thing so it is hard to tell how friendly people are. The government seems closed - encouraged by  More

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My Wife and I have lived here for the last 2 years. Janesville is the pit of Hell. Nothing to do here, especially during the winter time. Closest places are 45 min to  More

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Janesville has pros and cons to living here depending on what is important to you. Janesville has a cheap cost of living and liberal-below average schools. Since you can  More

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Reviews for Wilson    7 Reviews

I grew up close to Wilson, attended college at Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College. Back in my college days, Wilson had a lot of great places to go eat,  More

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Wilson (Wilson County) is a fine place to live especially if you are from Wilson. Outsiders are not exactly welcome. Also the town is from 'old money' so the city  More

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Food: There are very few nice places to eat, but everything is so cheap that you can get a good dinner at a clean, well decorated, sit-down establishment for $10. A few  More

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