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Washington, DC vs Greenville, NC

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- Greenville spends 66.2% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.8% higher in Greenville than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenville had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington

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 Washington, DCGreenville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,279$10,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069$9,749$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,354$6,343$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.6514.8916.23
 Students per Librarian7966754573
 Students per Counselor445341530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.2%92.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%19.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.0%13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%38.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%2.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 8 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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ZIPS IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
20011, 20002, 20019, 20020, 20009, 20001, 20032, 20016, 20010, 20003, 45 total
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27858 27834

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