2024 Compare Cities Education:
Rio Rancho, NM vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 12.6% less per student than Rio Rancho.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% lower in Asheville than in Rio Rancho. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Rancho
 Rio Rancho, NMAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,881$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,727$10,947$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,119$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1613.316.23
 Students per Librarian9433634573
 Students per Counselor705239530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.3%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%17.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.5%7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.4%50.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Rio Rancho    21 Reviews

I have lived in the area for the past three years with my husband. Although vastly better than Albuquerque, this is not a safe area. We have had overt and petty crime on  More

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The pros: -Fairly good year-round weather. Sunny days outnumber cloudy days, there are days when the temps fall below freezing and the sun will still be shining. It's  More

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Over 4 years ago

Affordable housing, low crime (compared to Albuquerque), awesome weather with all 4 seasons, beautiful environment and some pretty awesome people. I love Rio Rancho,  More

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Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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