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Chicago, IL vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 13.9% less per student than Chicago.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in New York than in Chicago. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chicago

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 Chicago, ILNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,907$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508$18,855$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,567$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9712.7516.23
 Students per Librarian14801003464573
 Students per Counselor4812598530
 Grade School Educ.7.0%8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.3%83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%13.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.7%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.7%39.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.2%11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%3.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Chicago    271 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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Reviews for New York    331 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 3 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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