2025 Compare Cities Education:
Atlantic City, NJ vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 20.4% more per student than Atlantic City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% higher in Boston than in Atlantic City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 19.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Atlantic City
 Atlantic City, NJBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,845  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.14.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Atlantic City    2 Reviews

I am looking for a place to settle. Right now I'm in Memphis and don't want to stay. My home is New York City but I never retrace my steps. My focus has been the  More

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was born in north jersey.. lived in atlantic city for about 40 yrs.. was a great place growing up,, regular rockwell growing up,, now since the casinos over 30yrs or  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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