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Oakton, VA vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 7.3% more per student than Oakton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in New York than in Oakton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 13.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakton
 Oakton, VANew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor273  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Oakton    5 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Oakton is a good place to live, though house prices are high.  More

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Over 17 years ago

Great place to live as Fairfax county allows archery hunting on any size acreage. Plenty of whitetail deer roaming about eating your shrubs make tasty treats. Whitetail  More

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Over 18 years ago

The schools are top notch, and there is so much to do in DC, only 20 miles  More

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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 5 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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