2025 Compare Cities Education:
Geneva, IL vs Niagara Falls, NY

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Highlights
- Niagara Falls spends 38.4% more per student than Geneva.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Niagara Falls than in Geneva. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Niagara Falls had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Geneva
 Geneva, ILNiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,345$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,271  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,103$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9094573
 Students per Counselor659  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Geneva    12 Reviews

Real Estate and State Taxes are very high. Lots of people and traffic. Cute little shops and restaurants on main streets which attract a lot of tourists during the  More

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Lived here for 30 years... great schools, quaint downtown, good city leadership, engaged community. Wonderful town to raise a family! Only downsides are weather ( long  More

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Over 8 years ago

We moved to Geneva 4 years ago. The cost of living is very high, and taxes keep going up as well as other living expenses. The population seems to be increasing and the  More

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Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 15 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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