2025 Compare Cities Education:
Manhasset, NY vs New Canaan, CT

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Highlights
- New Canaan spends 26.6% less per student than Manhasset.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% higher in New Canaan than in Manhasset. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Canaan had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Manhasset
 Manhasset, NYNew Canaan, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock27.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Manhasset    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

To the writer of 3-25-11, you say this school is not such a school as in the previous review? Well it is that type of school!! When hate messages are written on your  More

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Our town is competitve both academically and athletically. Both of these attributes are among the top reasons we attract new residents. However, it takes a toll on the  More

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Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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