2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laconia, NH vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 22.0% less per student than Laconia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.3% higher in Columbus than in Laconia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Laconia
 Laconia, NHColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,244  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor166  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Laconia    2 Reviews

I lived in Laconia NH for 24 years, born and raised. I left in 2016 because even pre pandemic the area was becoming weak from the drug epidemic, and, starting to re  More

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Friendly neighbors, plenty of restaurants, lakes, skiing, biking, hiking, canoeing and a dog park! The hospital is around the corner and there’s always a beautiful  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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