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Centereach, NY vs Beacon, NY

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Highlights
- Beacon spends 6.1% less per student than Centereach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Beacon than in Centereach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Beacon had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Centereach

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 Centereach, NYBeacon, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,219$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965$24,643$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$18,018$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.2712.4516.23
 Students per Librarian11149054573
 Students per Counselor356347530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.7%91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.1%16.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.4%41.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.9%16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.0%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Centereach    3 Reviews

Centereach is, as the name implies, in the center of Long Island. It was originally, farmland but now, is chocked full of housing developments and stores. One of it's  More

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Over 14 years ago

One and a half hours to NYC...One Hour to awesome  More

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Over 18 years ago

I have lived in centereach for 32+ years it's a great place to live...i am however getting tiered of the long cold winters and looking for another place to live and  More

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Reviews for Beacon    13 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Forget the negative reviews of Beacon. Those are old and the city has changed so much. Beacon is quaint, friendly, and growing so much. There's so much to see and do  More

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Great shopping they said, cute town, great art, lots of culture, amazing antique stores, fashionable and chic, a home away from home for Brooklyn and NYC denizens.  More

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Over 7 years ago

So this town had a lot of potential and I decided to visit ultimately buying a condo. It was a town in transition 7 yrs ago.....now it is growing into a hipster arts  More

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