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Simsbury, CT vs New Canaan, CT

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Highlights
- New Canaan spends 8.3% less per student than Simsbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in New Canaan than in Simsbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New Canaan had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Simsbury

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 Simsbury, CTNew Canaan, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student$25,069$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,830$20,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,433$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.3312.7716.23
 Students per Librarian4795064573
 Students per Counselor341356530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%1.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.2%98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%8.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%3.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%80.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.9%27.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%9.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.4%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Simsbury    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

We've lived in Simsbury for over 24 years, relocated here by choice because of the small town feel and quality of education. We made the right choice, cost of living is  More

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Over 15 years ago

I lived in Simsbury for 1 1/2 yrs. The cost of housing as a whole is expensive. Homes are a bit more than surrounding areas, but the property tax is what drives up the  More

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Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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