2025 Compare Cities Education:
Niagara Falls, NY vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- Oakland spends 26.9% less per student than Niagara Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.9% higher in Oakland than in Niagara Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Niagara Falls
 Niagara Falls, NYOakland, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,601  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor253  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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