2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shelton, CT vs The Villages, FL

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Highlights
- The Villages spends 53.2% less per student than Shelton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.8% higher in The Villages than in Shelton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- The Villages had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shelton
 Shelton, CTThe Villages, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,754$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,059$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6864573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Shelton    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Shelton ct for 14 years and the taxes are low and is not  More

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I love Shelton it's the best place to live. Good schools, low crime, low taxes for CT, great volunteer firefighters and EMT's.  More

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Over 13 years ago

I see a lot of people complain about Shelton.OK,it's their right.Is it perfect? Of course not.But I've seen a lot of people leave and come back in a year or two.What is  More

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Reviews for The Villages    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

The Village’s is a great place to ride your bike with all the many bike trails or golf cart trails to ride on, the problem with this place that ive experienced with this  More

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Over 4 years ago

we were considering the Villages but honestly, not interested in living in a place where people do not support our president, that is  More

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Henry · 
Over 5 years ago

Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 85.0%, which is a bit low compared to 2020. As for the Cons - Violent Crime - This is definitely not true. It might be in  More

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