2025 Compare Cities Education:
Miami, FL vs Buffalo, NY

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Highlights
- Buffalo spends 97.8% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.7% lower in Buffalo than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Buffalo had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLBuffalo, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,413$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Buffalo    94 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Clean, fun, safe and unique. Great place to raise a family. Affordable housing, strong job market. Great schools and neighborhoods.  More

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Over 3 years ago

Buffalo was okay in 2016. Since then, crime is up, there are more methadone clinics than pediatricians, and so many of the small businesses that made this place charming  More

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Over 3 years ago

This city is just plain beautiful. Sure, it might not be New York or Albany. But it's Buffalo. Place is a God-send. You want to see the Falls and the Bills? Come here.  More

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