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Plainville, CT vs Torrington, CT

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- Torrington spends 4.6% more per student than Plainville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.5% lower in Torrington than in Plainville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Torrington had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainville
 Plainville, CTTorrington, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,218$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,830  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,331$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.33  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3864573
 Students per Counselor341  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
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Reviews for Torrington    8 Reviews
Will · Boiling Spring Lakes, NC
Worst town in western Connecticut
Over 6 years ago

I bought a bank owned house in Torrington in 2011 and actually sold it for less in 2018 just to get out of this horrible place. The taxes are awful, 46 mill rate for  More

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Tony · Torrington, CT
Torrington, CT - A balanced review
Over 7 years ago

I have lived and worked in Torrington for 25 years, but am not originally from here. Torrington is the biggest city, really the only city, in NW CT. Further north and  More

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Frank · Torrington, CT
Northwestern CT is beautiful; Torrington has great
Over 10 years ago

Except for the winter (which I don't like anywhere), this region is beautiful. Torrington is an old mill town, so parts of it are definitely rough around the edges. On  More

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