2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wilmington, NC vs Garden Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Garden Grove spends 24.1% more per student than Wilmington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.8% higher in Garden Grove than in Wilmington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 19.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilmington
 Wilmington, NCGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,597  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Wilmington    71 Reviews

I was born here and I will update more at a later time. First and most important, teh average cost of a 1br apt in Wilmington is approximately $1,800. Rentals have  More

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I think that a lot has changed since covid for this city and will continue to keep changing with our insane economy. But I was born and raised in Wilmington and have  More

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Scotty · 

Wilmington NC was once a wonderful city filled with Southern charm, history, safety and natural beauty. Recently that has been replaced by erasing everything Southern or  More

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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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