2025 Compare Cities Education:
Los Alamos, NM vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 27.6% more per student than Los Alamos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% lower in New York than in Los Alamos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 14.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Alamos
 Los Alamos, NMNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,511  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor412  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Los Alamos    7 Reviews

I've lived here for 8 years now. Fantastic weather, beautiful scenery and outdoor recreation. Close-knit, welcoming and well-educated community that is safe and provides  More

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Over 7 years ago

This school is not what it once was, and it is far from the best school in Los Alamos. If your child is a student here: 1) expect unresponsive teachers who manage your  More

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November 1, 2010 If you like bright blue skies and bountiful sunshine with spectacular views in every direction (blue skies & sunshine only 90-95% of the time),  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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