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Mahwah, NJ vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- Portage spends 38.8% less per student than Mahwah.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.0% higher in Portage than in Mahwah. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portage had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mahwah

Education
 Mahwah, NJPortage, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$24,891$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950$11,821$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,557$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.4517.3116.23
 Students per Librarian9317214573
 Students per Counselor304589530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%21.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.8%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.9%47.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.5%15.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%2.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Mahwah    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Great place to live and raise kids. Very family oriented and safe. Schools are great. Close proximity to everything. Only drawback is cost of housing and  More

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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 19 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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