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Athens-Clarke County, GA vs New York, NY

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- New York spends 25.1% more per student than Athens-Clarke County.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.9% lower in New York than in Athens-Clarke County. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 7.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Athens-Clarke County
 Athens-Clarke County, GANew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,771  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor283  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Athens-Clarke County    27 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Athens is really a jewel hidden in & of itself. This place had so much stuff; it's constantly changing. They have city transit. They're expanding the highway and  More

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I absolutely love Athens, Ga. I grew up traveling the world, the first place that I have ever lived in for more than 5 years in a row was Athens, Ga. I cam here in 96  More

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The "Old South" is alive and well, thing about Baptists is they look like real people. Also come late Spring several religious groups feel they have the right to knock  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 4 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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