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Wilson, NC vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 71.5% more per student than Wilson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.7% higher in Columbus than in Wilson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 9.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilson
 Wilson, NCColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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