2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ronkonkoma, NY vs Charlotte, NC

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Highlights
- Charlotte spends 58.3% less per student than Ronkonkoma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.1% higher in Charlotte than in Ronkonkoma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charlotte had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ronkonkoma
 Ronkonkoma, NYCharlotte, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,250$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11494573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Ronkonkoma    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Property taxes are very high and it makes it impossible to retire  More

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Over 12 years ago

Not much goes on in Ronkonkoma. It's best feature is that it's conveniently located to easily leave. It has a non-stop speed train to Manhattan and a little private  More

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Reviews for Charlotte    305 Reviews

My favorite city to live year round with 4 seasons. We love Charlotte  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city has a lot of potential, but it could use some work. For example, it seems to lack things that other cities have. And there is a lack of atmosphere and charm.  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very new transplant (~6 weeks) so first impressions and reasons why I moved here: -great year-round weather, if you don't mind humidity-- less hot in summer than TX/AZ  More

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