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East Islip, NY vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 39.1% less per student than East Islip.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 76.0% higher in Sunnyvale than in East Islip. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to East Islip
 East Islip, NYSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%1.5%
Reviews for East Islip    3 Reviews

Over 12 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 12 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 18 years ago

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

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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