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East Islip, NY vs Mountain Home, AR

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Highlights
- Mountain Home spends 67.5% less per student than East Islip.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% higher in Mountain Home than in East Islip. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mountain Home had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Islip
 East Islip, NYMountain Home, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,820$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,418$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6464573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for East Islip    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 13 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 19 years ago

Nice place to live good schools friendly neighborhood lots to do and  More

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Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 8 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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