2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shelby, NC vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 47.0% more per student than Shelby.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.5% higher in Fresno than in Shelby. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 11.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Shelby
 Shelby, NCFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,933  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.22  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor288  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Shelby    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Not likely you'll settle here out of chance, a job will likely bring you here. I have lived in the Shelby area for the past ten years and have seen an explosion of  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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