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Alexandria, VA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie spends 48.1% more per student than Alexandria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.7% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Alexandria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alexandria
 Alexandria, VAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,099  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor2239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Alexandria    49 Reviews

Old Town Alexandria is a charming port city, with lovely historic homes, fun restaurants and sweet shops. Its easy proximity to the hustle and bustle of DC offer  More

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Alexandria is different depending on what part of it you are in. There is a huge strata of rich and poor, with a few middle class neighborhoods in between. Old town is  More

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The mailing address in this area is Alexandria, or Engleside. Either way, it's SE Fairfax County between Fort Belvoir and Mount Vernon. The neighborhood has been here  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 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 12 years ago

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

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Over 13 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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