2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olympia, WA vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Carrboro spends 9.1% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.3% lower in Carrboro than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrboro had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia
 Olympia, WACarrboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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