2025 Compare Cities Education:
Leland, NC vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 9.9% less per student than Leland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% lower in Raleigh than in Leland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leland
 Leland, NCRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,370  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor393  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Leland    4 Reviews

J · Apex, NC
Over 3 years ago

Possibly a 5 Star Place to live. No concerns about crime in Leland. The only reason I would not give 5 stars would be: town is still developing--so not everything is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Having grown older, I find myself increasingly intolerant of cold weather, but the type of winter weather here mimics that of my home state, Texas, and I hated it  More

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Over 17 years ago

We've been in Leland for almost 2 months now. We really like it here. We transplanted from Brevard County Florida, and we used to commute for everything at least 30  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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