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Lexington, VA vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 29.5% more per student than Lexington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in New York than in Lexington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 13.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lexington
 Lexington, VANew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,386  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor237  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.11.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lexington    3 Reviews

I moved to the city of Lexington from Houston 4.5 years ago. I couldn't be happier. Residents are polite and friendly. There is employment for seniors like myself and I  More

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Lexington is a nice little town in the Shenandoah Valley, but is quite expensive to live in. It is most likely due to the snow-birds moving to a location closer to  More

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Over 19 years ago

would love to trade houses in lexington, have a 3+bedroom, 2 bathroom, family living, dining room, hottub room... anyone interested? south west florida small town, 2  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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