2025 Compare Cities Education:
Garden City, NY vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 47.3% less per student than Garden City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% higher in Denver than in Garden City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden City
 Garden City, NYDenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Garden City    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Expensive, pretty, good commute to New York  More

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Over 18 years ago

Bus and railroad service is excellent. However, there is too much traffic. Travelling across town takes at least 15 minutes during off peak hours. Around noon and six  More

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Reviews for Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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