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Dover, DE vs Ridgewood, NJ

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Highlights
- Ridgewood spends 50.2% more per student than Dover.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Ridgewood than in Dover. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgewood had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dover
 Dover, DERidgewood, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,891$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,812  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,557$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9314573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.8%1.5%
Reviews for Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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Reviews for Ridgewood    6 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Great place to live and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Ridgewood, a suburb of NYC, is an ideal bedroom community. This well-established upscale community is located 30 minutes from Manhattan (by car), and is easily  More

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Over 18 years ago

One of the most beautiful places to live outside New York  More

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