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Urbandale, IA vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 18.7% less per student than Urbandale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Raleigh than in Urbandale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Urbandale
 Urbandale, IARaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,894  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor362  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Urbandale    1 Reviews

I have lived in Urbandale for 10 years and I love it here. Urbandale is a great suburb to the capital city Des Moines. We are on the city border to Des Moines, Waukee,  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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