2025 Compare Cities Education:
Garden City, NY vs The Villages, FL

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- The Villages spends 65.7% less per student than Garden City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.5% higher in The Villages than in Garden City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- The Villages had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden City
 Garden City, NYThe Villages, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,754$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,059$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6864573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 4 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Henry · 
Over 5 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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