2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. Paul, MN vs Asheville, NC

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Highlights
- Asheville spends 39.8% less per student than St. Paul.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% lower in Asheville than in St. Paul. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Asheville had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Paul
 St. Paul, MNAsheville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,480  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,886$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor487  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for St. Paul    24 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

St Paul is a nice city to live, especially for raising a family. I am a transplant, moving here 33 years ago at the age of 26. I am self employed in the remodeling  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Minnesota my whole life and I’m 50+. As you get older the humidity is unbearable and the mosquitoes seem to get bigger?! I can count on one hand how  More

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Over 8 years ago

The MPA community is the most at home I have ever felt.  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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