2024 Compare Cities Education:
Raleigh, NC vs Las Vegas, NM

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Highlights
- Las Vegas spends 37.3% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% lower in Las Vegas than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Las Vegas had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCLas Vegas, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$15,947$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$13,459$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$6,598$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1114.6916.23
 Students per Librarian82919084573
 Students per Counselor300214530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%9.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%21.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%27.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Las Vegas    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I was motivated to write this review because Las Vegas is my favorite getaway from SE Colorado, where I live. I've been there many, many times -- I stay overnight there  More

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I live in Colorado and have driven by Las Vegas at least 20 times and always wished I could stop to visit. I even considered it as an option of future residence until I  More

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Over 15 years ago

Las Vegas New Mexico is truly an architectural gem-100s of historic registered buildings from victorian mansions to adobe haciendas unfortunately it is also full of  More

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