2025 Compare Cities Education:
Belleville, NJ vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 11.1% more per student than Belleville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Boston than in Belleville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Belleville
 Belleville, NJBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor416  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Belleville    2 Reviews

I've lived in Belleville for 22 years, and I've seen so much development, my family and I no longer need to leave town to buy whatever we want or need. But Belleville  More

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Belleville, NJ is like the show cheers where everyone knows your name. We love it! It's a small township like my hometown of Weehawken, NJ. It's close to NYC and a hop,  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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