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Mooresville, NC vs Watertown, SD

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Highlights
- Watertown spends 3.4% more per student than Mooresville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% lower in Watertown than in Mooresville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Watertown had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mooresville
 Mooresville, NCWatertown, SDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,458$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,681$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13404573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mooresville    19 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for a while, it has everything you need. But 150 traffics  More

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Over 6 years ago

It's a nice town but all the jobs are either service industry or manufacturers that don't pay well. If you're single and make less than 50,000 a year good luck finding  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, Moving back to NC to the Moorseville area. Am so excited . I am not from this area . so not familiar with area. So any insite would be greatly appericate. I to go  More

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Reviews for Watertown    5 Reviews

Let me start by saying that I've lived all over the US and spent 3 years in Watertown. On the positive side, Watertown has a lot to offer for a town of 22,000 people.   More

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Many lakes with in driving distances and many public hunting areas but if your looking for the night life its not here this is a small town  More

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Watertown in general has alot of old people, if your in Downtown and watch cars go by it seems as though every other car has a elderly person in it. But apart from all  More

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