2025 Compare Cities Education:
Leander, TX vs Harrisburg, NC

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Highlights
- Harrisburg spends 13.2% less per student than Leander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% higher in Harrisburg than in Leander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Harrisburg had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Leander
 Leander, TXHarrisburg, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,951$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,679$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8804573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Leander    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Moved in from Austin five years ago. In Austin you can’t buy a house in less than $1M. Here in Leander, you can buy a house at 4000+sq.ft. with beautiful hill country  More

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Over 7 years ago

I’ve lived here for 5 1/2 yrs. property tax go’s up 10% every year. Hard to get around without using toll roads. Very republican. Ugh  More

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Over 11 years ago

A bit of that small town feel with convenient stores and  More

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Reviews for Harrisburg    5 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Harrisburg, NC since 2002. I moved here from a suburb of Detroit. I wanted to live in an area that was close to Charlotte, but still had a small town  More

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Over 13 years ago

great pricing on homes here.  More

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Over 17 years ago

You are only bored if you are boring. If you can't find anything to do this close to Charlotte...you have  More

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