2024 Compare Cities Education:
New Canaan, CT vs Plano, TX

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Highlights
- Plano spends 35.2% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% higher in Plano than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plano had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTPlano, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,984$14,902$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833$9,587$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,792$6,140$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7714.9316.23
 Students per Librarian5068004573
 Students per Counselor356405530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.4%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.4%6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%58.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.27.4%18.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.1%1.5%
Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 14 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 15 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 Plano    42 Reviews

I had lived in Plano for over 30 years. It is where I bought my first home as a single woman, where I married, and where I raised my children. I was fortunate enough  More

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We have lived in Plano for 20 years. It has been consistently rated very highly in surveys of best places to live in the US. Pros are the parks system; which includes  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for a while now. It's wonderful here. There's a ton to do, great jobs, great parks, and pretty good school. It's the perfect  More

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