2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lawrence, MA vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 6.8% less per student than Lawrence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% higher in New York than in Lawrence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 19.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lawrence
 Lawrence, MANew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lawrence    1 Reviews

Natives of the Boston area tend to be a bit provincial and quick to judge people by where they live. Lawrence has had some down years. It lacks the sterling reputation  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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