2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charlotte, NC vs Glens Falls, NY

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Highlights
- Glens Falls spends 116.3% more per student than Charlotte.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.9% lower in Glens Falls than in Charlotte. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glens Falls had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charlotte
 Charlotte, NCGlens Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,283$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,703  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4204573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Charlotte    305 Reviews

My favorite city to live year round with 4 seasons. We love Charlotte  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city has a lot of potential, but it could use some work. For example, it seems to lack things that other cities have. And there is a lack of atmosphere and charm.  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very new transplant (~6 weeks) so first impressions and reasons why I moved here: -great year-round weather, if you don't mind humidity-- less hot in summer than TX/AZ  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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