2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cape May, NJ vs Shamokin, PA

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Highlights
- Shamokin spends 38.7% less per student than Cape May.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.6% higher in Shamokin than in Cape May. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shamokin had 14.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cape May
 Cape May, NJShamokin, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,051$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,850  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,706$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7664573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Cape May    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Cape May is a picturesque pleasant town with a increase in population in the summer months. As a tourist town a good deal of the people who live here make the bulk of  More

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From the beaches of Cape May at the true south of New Jersey, to the vastness of the Wildwood beaches, to the shimmering water and clean sands of Avalon and Stone  More

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Reviews for Shamokin    3 Reviews

I went to visit and almost purchased a home there but the home had a problem, doesn't mean that I will not go back, I really don't understand why so much bad talk about  More

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Shamokin, PA is an old coal town that's multiple decades past its prime. The area is growing with dilapidated and unsafe buildings while the city is bankrupt, unable to  More

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alright here is a comment unless you ar a raging alcoholic shamokin is the place where your happiness would go to die and i am serious you cant get a job here i hate it  More

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