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Statesville, NC vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 14.9% more per student than Statesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Raleigh than in Statesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 5.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Statesville
 Statesville, NCRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 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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