2024 Compare Cities Education:
Raleigh, NC vs Nevada City, CA

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Highlights
- Nevada City spends 91.6% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% higher in Nevada City than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nevada City had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCNevada City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$14,261$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1118.9716.23
 Students per Librarian82984024573
 Students per Counselor300433530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%26.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%21.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%36.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%14.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%2.7%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 Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 8 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  More

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