2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Airy, NC vs Pikeville, KY

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Highlights
- Pikeville spends 4.3% more per student than Mount Airy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.1% higher in Pikeville than in Mount Airy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pikeville had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Airy
 Mount Airy, NCPikeville, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,465$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,262  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,910$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Airy    5 Reviews

I have lived in Mount Airy much of my adult life. I have never liked Mount Airy. Mount Airy is very family-oriented and therefore very cliquish. It is very difficult for  More

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Although the previous comment is almost 5 years old, what was mentioned is pretty true. Crime has worsened, in particular drug activity, with a very active market in  More

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I have been considering moving to Mount Airy. The thing is, when I tried to contact the newspaper classifieds about placing an ad no one replied. Ad when inquired about  More

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Reviews for Pikeville    5 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I've lived in the wonderful county of Pike for the past seven years. Originally I am from Morgan County, but when I met my husband I made the move to Pikeville. Seven  More

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Over 17 years ago

Not much to do in the area, there has been alot of prescription drug abuse, but not alot of major crimes as one user said, I do enjoy the area, people are friendly, the  More

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I have lived in Pikeville, Kentucky for 28 years and I have lived in 3 other cities. I think that Pikeville is a wonderful place to live. I have a strong religious  More

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