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Yorktown, VA vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 45.2% more per student than Yorktown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% lower in New York than in Yorktown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 16.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yorktown
 Yorktown, VANew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,931  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.3.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Yorktown    4 Reviews

Economy here is mixed. Zoning is a poorly planned mix of hidden business and houses on the main roads with mixed older dilapidated housing next door to larger, newer  More

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York County, VA offers some of the best schools in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Children tend to score much higher on standardized tests and the graduation rate is higher  More

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Over 14 years ago

The temp's here are wonderful during the spring and fall. They stay around the high 60's to low 80's. The summer's are pretty hot when you factor in the humidity, the  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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