2024 Compare Cities Education:
Wilson, NC vs Raton, NM

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Highlights
- Raton spends 54.0% more per student than Wilson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.7% lower in Raton than in Wilson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raton had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilson
 Wilson, NCRaton, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,828$15,135$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,164$13,321$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,515$7,608$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.4311.7216.23
 Students per Librarian54114834573
 Students per Counselor341486530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%6.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.3%89.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%23.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%14.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.3%4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%0.0%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 Raton    4 Reviews

Despite the unfortunate experience of one family that wrote three different reviews, Raton if the smart choice for both affordability and the relaxed lifestyle of a  More

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Wow when I moved here I thought what a beautiful place to live, until I heard the second and third graders swearing at each other at the bus stop and broke up three  More

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Well Raton does. The teacher's do not have a dress code. Yet the students are not allowed to wear headband's in the middle school or hoodies. I guess some students were  More

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