2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oil City, PA vs Geneva, NY

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Highlights
- Geneva spends 38.5% more per student than Oil City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.6% lower in Geneva than in Oil City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Geneva had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oil City
 Oil City, PAGeneva, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,426$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,124  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5284573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Oil City    6 Reviews

This city is disgusting Watch Netflix cold case files- first episode first season. An 11 year old girl raped by 3 town residents who everyone knew - two brothers went  More

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There are no jobs here, the school system is terrible, the town is only getting deader, and even if you came to retire, the winters are long and harsh, the hospitals are  More

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Over 9 years ago

Oil City is full of wonderful history. Unfortunately that hay day is long gone. Still, it is a nice little town. Like anyplace where people live you have some crime but  More

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Reviews for Geneva    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Six months ago, crime rates were much higher. Why the big  More

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Over 12 years ago

Very high property taxes in Geneva NY. If you are buying a home, it is about $50/per $1000 of assessed value for school, county, city taxes combined. High utility costs  More

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