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Colonia, NJ vs Linden, NJ

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Highlights
- Linden spends 6.5% more per student than Colonia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Linden than in Colonia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Linden had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Colonia
 Colonia, NJLinden, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12834573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Colonia    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Colonia is a nice place to live, great neighbors and a nice place overall. This is of course a district of Woodbridge Township, which has a higher amount of crime than  More

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Reviews for Linden    5 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

How could Linden's are quality go from 24 to 92.5 in one year? I live in Linden. They did not close refineries and plant a thousand trees. I can see the air-and  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived here for the past 3 years renting 1st floor of a two family house. 3 blocks from train station to NYC. Shopping centers all around. Very strong polish  More

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Moved to Linden a year ago, and really love it. It is bordered on the north by a pretty shady area of Roselle, but that hasn't affected the QOL here. The city is very  More

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