2025 Compare Cities Education:
Foster City, CA vs Manhattan, KS

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Highlights
- Manhattan spends 4.5% less per student than Foster City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.0% lower in Manhattan than in Foster City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Manhattan had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Foster City
 Foster City, CAManhattan, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,256$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.9%1.5%
Reviews for Foster City    4 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Built on lagoons, great climate, good schools, lots of soccer and other sports for kids, plenty of parking and  More

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Over 18 years ago

A great city to raise a family, safe, great weather around the year, good schools and plenty of recreation. But only if you can afford the hight cost of  More

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Landlords are able to command and receive high rent due to the following attributes: safety, weather and cleanliness of Foster City. The lagoon, waterways and gardens  More

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Reviews for Manhattan    33 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I lived in your city briefly this past year of 2015. Liked it. The cost was a bit too high, but generally you have a decent town compared to some places I've visited. I  More

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Over 11 years ago

Manhattan is one of the best educational environments I have ever seen. The local school district is filled with passionate employees and the facilities are modern and  More

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Manhattan is a wonderful place to live if you are thinking about retiring here, want a family away from the big city, or if you are a college student. Because it is a  More

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