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Amsterdam, NY vs Suffern, NY

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Highlights
- Suffern spends 16.9% more per student than Amsterdam.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.7% lower in Suffern than in Amsterdam. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Suffern had 5.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Amsterdam
 Amsterdam, NYSuffern, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,684  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor238  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Amsterdam    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Cost of living in Amsterdam is  More

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Over 20 years ago

Old city its nice on a river nice place to  More

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Reviews for Suffern    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Great place to raise a  More

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If you want to know what I can't stand about going to visit my parents in Suffern, it's the fact that the Hasidic Jews from other parts of the town of  More

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Suffern has express trains that allow you to get to NYC in under an hour. It has agrets bakery downtown (Crumbs) a movie theater with an organ, all different types of  More

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