2025 Compare Cities Education:
Raleigh, NC vs Macon, GA

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Highlights
- Macon spends 36.9% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% higher in Macon than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Macon had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCUnited States, GA
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%
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 2 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 Macon    23 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Macon is great, the thing I like about Macon is it's just an extension of Atlanta, like you wouldn't know the difference. The politics are the same, the people are the  More

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I moved to Macon seven years ago and have found the people to be welcoming, the restaurants wonderful, the downtown vibrant and so many activities to get involved with.   More

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Over 4 years ago

Macon is a perfect example of what Southern whites most feared in the 50-60s when there was the big push to bus blacks in to vote. The expected disaster occurred and is  More

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