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Ottawa, IL vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 3.8% less per student than Ottawa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in New York than in Ottawa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ottawa
 Ottawa, ILNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor613  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ottawa    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Have all of the radiation sites been cleaned up? If not, did the tornado stir up and blast some radiation from these sites to other  More

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Over 12 years ago

Good location with low cost of living and close enough to Chicago and suburbs to take advantage of their  More

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Over 16 years ago

Although Ottawa is a very nice place to live, living here is becoming rediculous...as taxes go. I bought a house less then four years ago and my taxed went from  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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