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New Canaan, CT vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 19.9% less per student than New Canaan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 69.1% higher in San Jose than in New Canaan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 13.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to New Canaan

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 New Canaan, CTSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,984$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,792$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7721.5916.23
 Students per Librarian50665284573
 Students per Counselor356646530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.4%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.9%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.4%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.1%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.27.4%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.3%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%2.8%1.5%

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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 San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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95123, 95127, 95111, 95112, 95122, 95116, 95125, 95124, 95148, 95136, 31 total

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