2025 Compare Cities Education:
Schenectady, NY vs Parker, CO

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Highlights
- Parker spends 44.9% less per student than Schenectady.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% higher in Parker than in Schenectady. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parker had 12.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Schenectady
 Schenectady, NYParker, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,699$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,501  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,132$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9144573
 Students per Counselor291  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Schenectady    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Schenectady for more than two decades, not necessarily by choice up until now. The city looks like it's growing and developing downtown, which is a very  More

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Over 16 years ago

WE have been looking in Schenectady for a few years. We have stayed at the Parker INN a few times in the Presidential Suite. It has what we want. City atmosphere, but  More

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Over 17 years ago

shenectady is a great place to start businesses as well as providing affordable  More

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Reviews for Parker    28 Reviews

I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here over 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small  More

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I'm not a CO native. I didn't move here from CA. We've been here 16 years. We are looking to move. Now that I said that, I'll say this: This is a nice small CITY but  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is my 15th year in Parker, CO. Very nice initially. VERY EXPENSIVE to buy a home now. I rented all this time and despite making over $100,000 per year, cannot  More

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