2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wilmington, NC vs Waxhaw, NC

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Highlights
- Waxhaw spends 14.9% less per student than Wilmington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% higher in Waxhaw than in Wilmington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waxhaw had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilmington
 Wilmington, NCWaxhaw, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,477$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,597  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7824573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Recently that has been replaced by erasing everything Southern or  More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 Waxhaw    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Waxhaw used to be a good place, I was born and raised here loving the small friendly town and enviorment. The summer parades were amazing as this was an ideal place to  More

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The schools claim to be good but in reality they are just overrated and kind of bad plus the schools are all overcrowded from everyone moving here. No sidewalks anywhere  More

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Over 14 years ago

It is dangerous and arrogant to jump to conclusions. It is not prejudice towards single women, or any women for that matter. It is a growing saddness that natives feel  More

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