2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Canaan, CT vs Salt Lake City, UT

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Highlights
- Salt Lake City spends 52.4% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 69.0% higher in Salt Lake City than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salt Lake City had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan
 New Canaan, CTSalt Lake City, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21914573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%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 Salt Lake City    95 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in the Salt Lake City metro area for almost 10 years, and it has its pros and cons. Pros: -Beautiful mountains - even if you don't go, just look towards  More

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Over 4 years ago

Love it more  More

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Over 4 years ago

Salt Lake City feels like home. There are so many things to do and see. There are many families and one thing to look out for is, there are many cranes and high rises  More

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