2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Canaan, CT vs Boulder, CO

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Highlights
- Boulder spends 29.7% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.0% higher in Boulder than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTBoulder, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6194573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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