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Glens Falls, NY vs Pittsfield, MA

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Highlights
- Pittsfield spends 14.3% less per student than Glens Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in Pittsfield than in Glens Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsfield had 3.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Glens Falls
 Glens Falls, NYPittsfield, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,370$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,763  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,441$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3974573
 Students per Counselor320  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Glens Falls    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Glens Falls is a very courteous small city. I read somewhere it is the safest city for its size in U.S. Real estate very cheap ( nice 4 bedroom house for under  More

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I moved to Glens Falls in 2009 from downstate, sucked in by their new facade and tempted by the surprisingly low cost of real estate. There's a reason why this area's  More

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Over 14 years ago

I used to seriously dislike living near here. The town used to be falling apart, with no future, and not much to do. It has changed greatly in the past decade, from  More

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Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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