2025 Compare Cities Education:
Waycross, GA vs Hendersonville, NC

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Highlights
- Hendersonville spends 8.3% less per student than Waycross.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% higher in Hendersonville than in Waycross. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hendersonville had 12.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waycross
 Waycross, GAHendersonville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,848$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,901  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,164$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Waycross    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have a different perspective of living here. I moved her from a large city and I appreciate the fact that I have no commute, the cost of living is very low and the  More

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One time in Waycross and will never visit this God forsaken town again. Cops are high school (22-24yr old) bullies that make up lies and harass rather than serve and  More

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Over 11 years ago

I was born and raised here in the heart of the good ole south in Waycross, Ga. Not much has changed except for the number of meth labs, drugs in general, thugs and  More

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Reviews for Hendersonville    18 Reviews

I went to visit, was attack on Hendersonville Hwy by to cars. They tried to run me off the road cursing at me shooting birds at me. Very very scary. But I called 911  More

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Over 7 years ago

We love Hendersonville NC. We moved to NC from NJ in 2005. We tried different areas of the region (Leicester, Weaverville, Asheville and South Asheville). Each area  More

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My post is a review of Henderson County in general. First off, the teenage girl who said there's absolutely nothing for kids to do here is absolutely spot-on. If you're  More

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