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Medina, WA vs New Canaan, CT

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Highlights
- New Canaan spends 14.5% more per student than Medina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% lower in New Canaan than in Medina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Canaan had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Medina
 Medina, WANew Canaan, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock27.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
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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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