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Torrington, CT vs Pittsburg, KS

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Highlights
- Pittsburg spends 50.6% less per student than Torrington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.9% higher in Pittsburg than in Torrington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pittsburg had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Torrington
 Torrington, CTPittsburg, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,957$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$22,442  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3374573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Torrington    8 Reviews

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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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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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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Reviews for Pittsburg    7 Reviews

I lived in Pittsburg for several years and am glad I left. I liked the small town atmosphere but the economy was in terrible shape --> and still is very bad. The college  More

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Lack of industry equals lack of jobs. Period. Whether you are white collar or blue collar, jobs folded in Southeast Kansas along with the coal mines, and nothing has  More

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Over 17 years ago

small town, big  More

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