2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kansas City, KS vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 3.9% more per student than Kansas City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% lower in New York than in Kansas City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 3.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kansas City
 Kansas City, KSNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,597  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor383  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Kansas City    15 Reviews

Avoid living in Kansas City, KS (Wyandotte Co.) by all means! We made the mistake of moving to this dump. High crime, high unemployment, murders daily, dilapidated  More

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Over 10 years ago

hello  More

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Over 10 years ago

nice weather if you like changing  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 4 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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