2025 Compare Cities Education:
Freeport, NY vs Scranton, PA

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Highlights
- Scranton spends 47.9% less per student than Freeport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.3% higher in Scranton than in Freeport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Scranton had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Freeport
 Freeport, NYScranton, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,331$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,367$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14464573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Freeport    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

As a Freeport High School alumnus who is graduating college now, I am actually impressed by the Freeport School system. Our science programs really prepared students in  More

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Freeport can be a nice place to live. Friendly people, nice parks and things to do. however, there is a growing gang problem, schools are not great as a result houses  More

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I was a resident of Freeport, New York for 37 years and noticed that under people (race) adds up to 136.21% for all races. How is it that you arrive at your percentages.  More

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Reviews for Scranton    20 Reviews

I retired and moved here in 2008 because it was a cheap place to live and my house cost only $70,000 in '08. I found through time that the city is low in crime, has a  More

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LOVE LIVING IN NORTH SCRANTON PA....MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS AND HAVE MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE. BEING FROM NY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE MOVED  More

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I HAVE LIVED IN NORTH SCRANTON FOR 10YRS, I REALLY ENJOY LIFE HERE. THERE IS SO MUCH TO OFFER, SUPER LOW COST OF LIVING, HOUSING IS CHEAP TO BUY FOR A NICE HOME. WE HAVE  More

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