2025 Compare Cities Education:
Keene, NH vs Hastings, NE

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Highlights
- Hastings spends 29.5% less per student than Keene.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% higher in Hastings than in Keene. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hastings had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Keene
 Keene, NHHastings, NEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,689$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,567  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,290$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3164573
 Students per Counselor214  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Keene    2 Reviews

Live free or die...trying. Cute town with very little violent crime but the cost of living is ridiculous for what you get! Forget ever owning a home unless you are  More

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Here is a quick run down of the pros and cons of Keene, NH from a native. Pros -Small City feel with quaint downtown and a generally safe area. -For its small size  More

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Reviews for Hastings    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The City's population is not as big as it says I don't think I don't think it has grown very much at all since the seventies in fact I think it has gotten smaller  More

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Hastings is home to Hastings College, one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges; the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Lied Super Screen  More

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Over 19 years ago

Hastings is where Kool-Aid was invented. This small city of 25,000 has several beautiful parks with lakes and streams. Hastings Lake is wonderful to take walk on wide  More

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