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Bellingham, WA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 64.9% more per student than Bellingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Bellingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bellingham
 Bellingham, WAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,140  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Bellingham    58 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

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Over 4 years ago

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

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If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  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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