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Miami, FL vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 2.4% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.7% lower in Asheville than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 17.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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