2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Middletown, NY

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Highlights
- Middletown spends 56.0% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% lower in Middletown than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Middletown had 10.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDMiddletown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,307$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7734573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Middletown    5 Reviews

I am a senior looking to move in a nice area in orange county. Thank you kindly for your help.   More

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Having lived in Middletown for the last 12 years, I have seen enormous changes. I can only imagine what natives have noted. Firstly, by Manhattan standards apartment  More

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Well first off let me say I like, but not love middletown. I am originally from the city. I have been here for one year and my mom has been here for a few. Im a young  More

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