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Asheville, NC vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 134.0% more per student than Asheville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Asheville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Asheville
 Asheville, NCPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,947  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Scotty · 

Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  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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