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Meadville, PA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie spends 55.5% more per student than Meadville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Meadville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Meadville

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 Meadville, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,256$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,522$24,643$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,233$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.2712.4516.23
 Students per Librarian5739054573
 Students per Counselor311347530
 Grade School Educ.0.7%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%7.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.4%87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.5%29.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.3%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Meadville    8 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Meadville is home to Allegheny College, an incredible hub of culture, forward-thinking, activist students, and advancement. The town-gown relations are developing as  More

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Over 14 years ago

My wife and I moved to Meadville October 2009 on account of my work. We have been happy with the town so far. We moved from a much larger city, and she does miss access  More

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I heard a 30 year old girl on a bus once proclaim to a distant cell phone connection, "Back into Meadville again. It seems like no matter where you go you find yourself  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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ZIPS IN MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
16335
ZIPS IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
12601

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