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New York, NY vs Elko, NV

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- Elko spends 29.7% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.4% higher in Elko than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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