2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Great Neck, NY

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Highlights
- Great Neck spends 85.9% more per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.9% lower in Great Neck than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Great Neck had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHGreat Neck, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,321$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,368$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9794573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Great Neck    3 Reviews

I basically grew up in Great Neck from ages 7 through 23. My thoughts are as follows. Yes you should be concerned about the quality of the water. My family spent plenty  More

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Over 14 years ago

Great School System and Park  More

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Over 18 years ago

Great community,terrific park system with pools,tennis courts and summer entertainment; 30 minutes to Manhattan by LIRR, universities and colleges within easy driving  More

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