2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Canaan, CT vs Minneapolis, MN

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Highlights
- Minneapolis spends 16.0% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% higher in Minneapolis than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minneapolis had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTMinneapolis, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,300$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,461$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7534573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%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 Minneapolis    163 Reviews

Lived here since 2007. Great city. I would’ve gave it 5 stars but the winter weather ??. Great for many, I’m burned out on it. We’re the coldest major city in the US and  More

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It’s not Minnesota nice, it’s sardonic.. we know you’re full of **** but we will play along for a while, make you uncomfortable for attempting to pull one over on us..  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Minneapolis (or St. Paul or Stillwater) for 20 years. Minneapolis is a very livable city. It has quality museums, good transportation, excellent healthcare,  More

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