2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glasgow, KY vs Paducah, KY

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Highlights
- Paducah spends 17.1% more per student than Glasgow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Paducah than in Glasgow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Paducah had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Glasgow
 Glasgow, KYPaducah, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,985$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,622  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,308$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor297  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Glasgow    2 Reviews

Retired here 2 years ago from Michigan. Less winter but still a lot of gloomy grey days with rain. Had a new house built only to find a very poor work ethic here. It's  More

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Over 11 years ago

I live here in Glasgow all my life and we do have few bad apples in our city but I cannot say that everyone is like that. I am not like that at all and I know there are  More

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Reviews for Paducah    16 Reviews

Joel · 

I have visited it the 1st time and thought it was a rundown ghetto but the 2nd time I loved  More

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Over 5 years ago

The downtown area is fun and the murals on the floodwall provide an interesting history of the  More

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Over 11 years ago

Move here six years ago, and was very optimistic. I love meeting new people and adventure. Me my husband and two kids moved here from Louisville are. This place is like  More

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