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Burlington, VT vs Pennington, NJ

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Highlights
- Pennington spends 9.8% more per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% lower in Pennington than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pennington had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTPennington, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,781$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,807$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10354573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 8 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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