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Hurricane, WV vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 48.6% more per student than Hurricane.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.1% lower in New York than in Hurricane. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 14.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hurricane
 Hurricane, WVNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,862  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor295  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Hurricane    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

having lived all over the country since 1992, i moved to hurricane from the northern va. D.C. area to get away from the rat race. this town is exaclty what i was  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 5 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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