2025 Compare Cities Education:
Western Springs, IL vs Carrboro, NC

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Highlights
- Carrboro spends 29.0% less per student than Western Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% lower in Carrboro than in Western Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carrboro had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Western Springs
 Western Springs, ILCarrboro, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.81.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.8%1.5%
Reviews for Western Springs    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

A quiet neighborhood with good schools. There are just a few businesses and everyone knows your name. Traffic is not a problem. Being right on the Burlington Northern  More

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Reviews for Carrboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Carrboro is basically a bedroom community, where people who work at or study at UNC over in Chapel Hill lay down for the night. All day they work at UNC only to pay the  More

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Carrboro has a strong civic life with a lot of local participation and visionary politics towards making a more sustainable and just community. The center of town has  More

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Over 15 years ago

climate is good, 4 seasons, winter is short with just a little  More

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