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Wilson, NC vs Smithfield, VA

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Highlights
- Smithfield spends 22.8% more per student than Wilson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% lower in Smithfield than in Wilson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Smithfield had 12.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wilson
 Wilson, NCSmithfield, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,164  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,923$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.43  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8034573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Smithfield    4 Reviews

The entire Isle of Wight area is incredibly racist and a good old boys town. I came to the Hampton Roads area to get away from the racism in the mountains. The areas of  More

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I lived in Smithfield for a few years.not for me.lots of litter,human feces in the phone booth,hot and to Southern for  More

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Over 13 years ago

Smithfield, VA is a bedroom community that has no major industry and has been over developed with houses driving the value of houses down across the entire county. I  More

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