2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Bridgeton, NJ

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Highlights
- Bridgeton spends 40.5% more per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.0% lower in Bridgeton than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bridgeton had 22.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHBridgeton, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,349$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14664573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock69.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Bridgeton    4 Reviews

I like where I'm from , but as far as help in the community its self there's very little resources, this community is a who you know type of community .... there are no  More

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Over 10 years ago

I Was born in the neighboring city but raised in Bridgeton. Back then it was great place to live. The city was full of life and jobs. Everyone knew everyone and looked  More

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Over 15 years ago

I used to think the city officials were simply incompetent, I’ve since been proven wrong. They are simply corrupt. They pass local laws with the label of “cleaning up”  More

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