2025 Compare Cities Education:
Niagara Falls, NY vs Durham, NC

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Highlights
- Durham spends 52.3% less per student than Niagara Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% higher in Durham than in Niagara Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Durham had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Niagara Falls
 Niagara Falls, NYDurham, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,612$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,601  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,938$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8084573
 Students per Counselor253  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 15 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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Reviews for Durham    43 Reviews

I was raised in this city, left for work in the 2010s, and returned in 2018. This city has changed a lot over the years for the better. Growing up there was not a ton to  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in durham for a few years and my experience is coming from someone who has traveled all over the world and has lived in many different states. First things  More

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Over 4 years ago

I live here for my entire life and it has never gotten boring, I love the scenery, nightlife and basically everything here. There is always something new to do and  More

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