2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shawnee, OK vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 13.7% more per student than Shawnee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% lower in Raleigh than in Shawnee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shawnee
 Shawnee, OKRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,382  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor288  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Shawnee    7 Reviews

I have lived in Shawnee for almost 4 years. It is a poor town. Yes, it has a Christian University (OBU) but the college does not influence the town much. St Gregory's  More

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I think this might have been ok, but I needed a different approach. I could have rented a place here - had some very open landlords that had some decent, affordable  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Shawnee for 23 years now and my family has been here since statehood in 1907. I find that Shawnee is a delightful town to live in! It has all of your basic  More

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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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