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Nevada City, CA vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 45.5% less per student than Nevada City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.9% lower in Asheville than in Nevada City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Nevada City
 Nevada City, CAAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  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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