2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Canaan, CT vs Chapel Hill, NC

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Highlights
- Chapel Hill spends 32.4% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% higher in Chapel Hill than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chapel Hill had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTChapel Hill, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,548$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,885$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock13.7%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 Chapel Hill    16 Reviews

Between my wife and I, we've lived in Raleigh, Cary, Durham, and Chapel Hill, and it's Chapel Hill we prefer. Franklin Street is always lively with an eclectic mix of  More

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I am not sure if Bert has actually been to the Triangle, but for starters, Durham, as Chapel Hill residents know and envy, is and has been for 5 yrs now a vibrant  More

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someone told me they live in the hills/mountains right near chapel hill, and the summers are much cooler there, while the town itself is easily accessible. is this  More

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