2025 Compare Cities Education:
Raleigh, NC vs Nashville, TN

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Highlights
- Nashville spends 13.4% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% higher in Nashville than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nashville had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCNashville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,175$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,449$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8874573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 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 Nashville    150 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Gentification and tourism reduce the score but it is still good mix of a big and small city.  More

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Nashville has a lot of culture, but ultimately it is overpriced and dangerous. I can't imagine buying a $600k house in a neighborhood with automatic gunfire. The home  More

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Nashville has to be the most overrated city in the US. I unfortunately live here and we can't wait to leave. We moved here in 2018 (for job relocation) and realized  More

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