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Orlando, FL vs New Canaan, CT

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Highlights
- New Canaan spends 81.0% more per student than Orlando.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.1% lower in New Canaan than in Orlando. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Canaan had 7.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Orlando
 Orlando, FLNew Canaan, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,437  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor508  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock27.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Orlando    237 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I made the decision to move to Orlando when I was 20. My father was a contractor so by then I'd lived in many different states & countries so I have a unique  More

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I have lived and worked in the Orlando area for more than 10 years. I really wish I could give Orlando two ratings because half the year it is wonderful and other half  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Orlando for 6 years. The environment, living costs, and housing costs are good. There are many fun places around Orlando. It's a good place to live in  More

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Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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