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Somerset, KY vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 7.6% more per student than Somerset.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.0% lower in Asheville than in Somerset. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 19.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerset
 Somerset, KYAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,255  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor424  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 17 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  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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