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

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Highlights
- Manhattan spends 59.0% more per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% lower in Manhattan than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Manhattan had 10.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTManhattan, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$36,552$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,841$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock791504573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%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 Manhattan    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Manhattan is a great place with lots to see and do. Exciting to visit and great to live if you have the  More

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This is the best city ever, it is very welcoming and there is a lot of fun things to do. I have lived her for 2 years now and have already had so many great experiences  More

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