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Wilson, NC vs Brownsville, TX

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Highlights
- Brownsville spends 30.2% more per student than Wilson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% lower in Brownsville than in Wilson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brownsville had 17.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilson
 Wilson, NCBrownsville, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,799$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,639$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5194573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock18.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock68.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Wilson    7 Reviews

I grew up close to Wilson, attended college at Atlantic Christian College, now Barton College. Back in my college days, Wilson had a lot of great places to go eat,  More

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Wilson (Wilson County) is a fine place to live especially if you are from Wilson. Outsiders are not exactly welcome. Also the town is from 'old money' so the city  More

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Food: There are very few nice places to eat, but everything is so cheap that you can get a good dinner at a clean, well decorated, sit-down establishment for $10. A few  More

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Reviews for Brownsville    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Brownsville, TX- Well, I’ve lived here about 5 years now and it’s pretty different. If you speak Spanish you stand a better chance of success. It’s REALLY culturally  More

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ignore all comments. There 1 teacher and 30 students per class or 28. I have not run into any drugs or drug addicts in my life. I would suggest stick to good  More

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Over 17 years ago

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