2025 Compare Cities Education:
Troy, MI vs Amherst, NY

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Highlights
- Amherst spends 54.2% more per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.0% lower in Amherst than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Amherst had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy
 Troy, MIAmherst, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,413$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%1.5%
Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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Reviews for Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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