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

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 6.8% more per student than Louisburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Raleigh than in Louisburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 12.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Louisburg
 Louisburg, NCRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,840  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor383  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Louisburg    2 Reviews

While our mailing address is Louisburg, we actually live about 10 miles from town, to the south. I am retired, so employment and commuting wasn't an issue. We  More

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We moved here about 2 years ago to escape the rat race that Raleigh has become. The area is so clean and inviting for such a low income area. Rich or poor, the people  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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