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Statesville, NC vs Anchorage, AK

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Highlights
- Anchorage spends 64.4% more per student than Statesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% higher in Anchorage than in Statesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anchorage had 7.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Statesville
 Statesville, NCAnchorage, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,628$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,961$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Statesville    8 Reviews

It feels like I stepped into a time portal and went back fifty years ago to the past. People are very racist here from the police to the bank tellers and real estate  More

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Over 4 years ago

Pre pandemic: 2/5 Everything is affordable but there’s a lot of dead shopping centers. Lots of trashy or broken areas. Absolutely nothing to do on Friday and Saturday  More

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Over 11 years ago

The cost of living is very affordable. There are not many places that one can live on the lake in an incredible home for a decent  More

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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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