2025 Compare Cities Education:
Huntsville, AL vs Glens Falls, NY

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Highlights
- Glens Falls spends 144.1% more per student than Huntsville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.2% lower in Glens Falls than in Huntsville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Glens Falls had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Huntsville
 Huntsville, ALGlens Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,283$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,006$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4204573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Huntsville    53 Reviews

Low cost of living, and all the amenities you need within a short distance. However, the city really hasn't gone through gentrification. There isn't a "nice" part of  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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Over 4 years ago

Everyone is always like “Huntsville is so up and coming”, which it is, but it’s forcing people out of their homes. They’ve created more jobs and places to live but not  More

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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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