2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cranston, RI vs Wantagh, NY

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Highlights
- Wantagh spends 68.3% more per student than Cranston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% lower in Wantagh than in Cranston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wantagh had 8.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cranston
 Cranston, RIWantagh, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,321$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,362  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,368$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9794573
 Students per Counselor390  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Cranston    6 Reviews

Cranston is a fine place to live with a great range of home prices and rents. Good schools, culture, recreation, and located close enough and far away enough from  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Rhode Island my whole life and i have something to say its one of the safest and relaxing place to live. we have one of the best education system in New  More

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Over 18 years ago

Public Transportation is scary here. The state is built for people that only own cars. There are so many places that don't have a bus line to get to. Limiting people  More

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Reviews for Wantagh    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Desirable town. The beach is literally in your backyard and there are no bad surrounding towns, which make it very safe. My neighborhood is a good mix of young  More

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Over 13 years ago

Having lived in Wantagh all my life, I can tell you it is a great place to raise a family, as long as you can afford it. Home prices property taxes and make the price  More

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Wantagh, NY is on Long Island's south shore, lying in Nassau County, in fact a few miles from Jones Beach. Unfortunately it is expensive to live here with taxes reaching  More

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