2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, NY vs Poinciana, FL

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Highlights
- Poinciana spends 57.8% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.8% higher in Poinciana than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poinciana had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, NYPoinciana, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,333  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,546$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8234573
 Students per Counselor248  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Poinciana    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Wow. I visited Poinciana last week and was very impressed. It's still growing, many houses for rent/sale there. If you're looking for a ritzy place to live without the  More

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I like my place in Poinciana quite a bit, it's pretty far removed, but had I known that the traffic in and out was so horrendous I would have kept looking elsewhere for  More

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