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Ashland, KY vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 47.4% more per student than Ashland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% lower in New York than in Ashland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashland
 Ashland, KYNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,549  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor297  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ashland    11 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I'm 33 years old, and I've lived in this town for 25 of them. Not by choice. The majority of people here, and I'm not exaggerating, are on drugs. It's sad. And I'm  More

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Over 7 years ago

The people of Ashland are amazing and its growing and getting better everyday. Every weekend there is things to get involved with and excellent local restaurants, as  More

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Over 7 years ago

I'm new to Ashland and it's a step up from flood ravaged Louisiana! I love the weather we have here. After our first year living in Ashland and having  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 5 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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