2026 Compare Cities Education:
Pacific Grove, CA vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Carrboro spends 1.1% more per student than Pacific Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.8% lower in Carrboro than in Pacific Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrboro had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific Grove
 Pacific Grove, CACarrboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 20 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 14 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 16 years ago

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

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