2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wellington, FL vs Monroe, NC

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Highlights
- Monroe spends 19.5% less per student than Wellington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.1% higher in Monroe than in Wellington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Monroe had 13.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wellington
 Wellington, FLMonroe, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,477$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7824573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Wellington    12 Reviews

Unfortunately, our recently elected Mayor Anne Gerwig along with the city council unexpectedly and rather quickly voted unanimously to reinstate the highly contentious  More

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Over 14 years ago

The weather is  More

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Over 14 years ago

We were NY transplants that moved to Wellington, FL after having lived in Southern Palm Beach County (Boca Raton and Delray Beach) for several years. Having 3 young  More

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Reviews for Monroe    5 Reviews

Moved to Monroe approx 6 years ago. It has been one excuse after the other for the high incidence of assault and battery as well as property crime. The mayor and city  More

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I have lived in Monroe since 2015. I have been welcomed by my neighbors and the community. Monroe is rapidly growning. The downtown area is family friendly and has added  More

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I’m so glad to be moving away from this little Charlotte wanna be Town run by rednecks! I’ve been here for 15 years and have been stopped by Sheriff’s about 8 times!  More

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