2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hilo, HI vs Niagara Falls, NY

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- Niagara Falls spends 37.1% more per student than Hilo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% lower in Niagara Falls than in Hilo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Niagara Falls had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hilo
 Hilo, HINiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,345$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,564  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,103$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9094573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Hilo    10 Reviews

If you’re looking at Hilo, then you’re likely being recruited in the medical or education fields. These are where the greatest needs of the community lie, and there are  More

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Over 4 years ago

I enjoyed living in Hawaii County for a number of years, most in Hilo. While Hilo has problems, they are few compared to mainland USA. I never experienced racism by  More

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Over 4 years ago

Too much racism from "native Hawaiians" who aren't actually natives. That keeps me from living in that paradise. I'm this is the "natives" goal.  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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