2025 Compare Cities Education:
Berkeley, CA vs Bay Shore, NY

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Highlights
- Bay Shore spends 69.9% more per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.2% lower in Bay Shore than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bay Shore had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CABay Shore, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,219$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,018$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11144573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Bay Shore    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Long Island is very expensive. Bay Shore is definitely one of the cheaper parts of the island, but it's still  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great community but saddled with taxes that are detracting from the quality of life here on Long  More

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I find the quality of life here in Bay Shore becoming more and more difficult. Due to the lack of convenient public transportation our population is forced to clog the  More

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