2025 Compare Cities Education:
Norcross, GA vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 0.5% less per student than Norcross.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% lower in Asheville than in Norcross. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 16.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Norcross
 Norcross, GAAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,225  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor461  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 16 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  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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