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Amsterdam, NY vs Glens Falls, NY

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- Glens Falls spends 5.7% more per student than Amsterdam.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.5% lower in Glens Falls than in Amsterdam. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glens Falls had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Amsterdam
 Amsterdam, NYGlens Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,283$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,684  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4204573
 Students per Counselor238  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Amsterdam    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Cost of living in Amsterdam is  More

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Over 20 years ago

Old city its nice on a river nice place to  More

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Reviews for Glens Falls    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Glens Falls is a very courteous small city. I read somewhere it is the safest city for its size in U.S. Real estate very cheap ( nice 4 bedroom house for under  More

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I moved to Glens Falls in 2009 from downstate, sucked in by their new facade and tempted by the surprisingly low cost of real estate. There's a reason why this area's  More

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Over 14 years ago

I used to seriously dislike living near here. The town used to be falling apart, with no future, and not much to do. It has changed greatly in the past decade, from  More

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