2025 Compare Cities Education:
Washington, DC vs Auburn, NY

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Highlights
- Auburn spends 16.6% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% higher in Auburn than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Auburn had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCAuburn, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,252$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,560$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8484573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock15.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Auburn    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

as a child i grew up on the west side.auburn was a lovely place to grow up.my father worked at a local company called ALCO,a division of white motors.sadly many  More

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Have been looking for a year now and find it very  More

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Over 19 years ago

Auburn is a fairly affordable place to  More

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