2024 Compare Cities Education:
Torrington, CT vs Watertown, NY

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Highlights
- Watertown spends 17.5% less per student than Torrington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.8% higher in Watertown than in Torrington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Watertown had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Torrington
 Torrington, CTWatertown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$26,218$21,632$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$22,442$19,280$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$13,331$11,905$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.5312.5516.23
 Students per Librarian3864004573
 Students per Counselor282277530
 Grade School Educ.4.1%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%7.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.9%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%20.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.5%24.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.8%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%0.5%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 Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 16 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  More

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