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Apex, NC vs Fanwood, NJ

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Highlights
- Fanwood spends 101.3% more per student than Apex.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Fanwood than in Apex. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fanwood had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Apex
 Apex, NCFanwood, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12834573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Apex    11 Reviews

We moved here from western NY last year. It was hard to leave a solid school system, a house almost paid for, with a yard, and NO HOA. However, jobs were just not there  More

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Over 11 years ago

My introduction to Apex, NC came in July 2009 I was on my way to Florida. On the third day, plans changed due to friend's vehicle malfunction. I stayed in Apex for 9  More

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Over 14 years ago

Apex has a small town atmosphere, but is convenient to the Research Triangle area of North  More

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Reviews for Fanwood    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

We are transplanted New Yorkers and this is our second NJ town in five years (Bogota was the first and it was not for us). We chose Fanwood because of its proximity to  More

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Have lived in this Central New Jersey small town..20yrs..Love it Close to Westfield, Scotch Plains and Cranford...affluent towns with lots of shops, great restaurants  More

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