2024 Compare Cities Education:
Phoenix, AZ vs Rocky Mount, NC

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Highlights
- Rocky Mount spends 6.8% less per student than Phoenix.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% lower in Rocky Mount than in Phoenix. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rocky Mount had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Phoenix
 Phoenix, AZRocky Mount, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,564$9,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653$9,516$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,810$5,944$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2416.5916.23
 Students per Librarian23488284573
 Students per Counselor718385530
 Grade School Educ.8.2%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%10.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.5%87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%20.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.6%22.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Phoenix    449 Reviews

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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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 Rocky Mount    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anarchy. Not a good place to live. People drag race up and down the roads at all hours when elderly relatives and neighbors are trying to sleep, and the police here do  More

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Okay, I'm writing this review because I use this site a lot. I think there's some mis-information about Rocky Mount here. Truth be made known, it is neither as good, nor  More

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Over 13 years ago

I move from Washington DC to rocky mount nc nov2008 and I sold my home in Dc and brought a home in rockymount cash money.But Know ready to leave should I hold on to this  More

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