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New York, NY vs Prospect, KY

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Highlights
- Prospect spends 17.2% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.8% higher in Prospect than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prospect had 19.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYProspect, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,769$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4674573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.0%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 Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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