2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, NY vs Hot Springs, AR

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Highlights
- Hot Springs spends 46.6% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.5% higher in Hot Springs than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hot Springs had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, NYHot Springs, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,333  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,697$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5354573
 Students per Counselor248  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Albany    56 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I live relatively close to Albany, and I gotta say, its a great city. I think it has a lot of good places for food, good living spaces, nice jobs and offices, and I  More

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Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived just outside of Albany in Clifton Park and its always been decent for me. The town is nice and theres a lot to do. The prices are a little expensive including  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to retire. Walkable. Young people. Buses. Sidewalks. Feel safe here in Whitehall neighborhood. Plenty to do. Taxes in ny are high,but you get what you pay  More

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Reviews for Hot Springs    25 Reviews

I haven’t ever fully lived in this place but I can say it has a very calm feel. Very nice.  More

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I have lived here for several years. It has a lot of touristy things to do.But as far as living here there is not enough weekly activities to do or places to go. They  More

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Hot Springs, which obviously gets it's name from the springs discovered by DeSoto and the Indians is a beautiful piece of history. In it's heyday it was frequented by  More

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