2025 Compare Cities Education:
Prospect, KY vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset spends 27.8% less per student than Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% higher in Somerset than in Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 21.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prospect
 Prospect, KYSomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5074573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 15 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 17 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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