2025 Compare Cities Education:
Phoenix, AZ vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Carrboro spends 47.2% more per student than Phoenix.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.2% lower in Carrboro than in Phoenix. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrboro had 14.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Phoenix
 Phoenix, AZCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Over 1 years ago

Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  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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