2025 Compare Cities Education:
Garden City, NY vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 17.5% less per student than Garden City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% higher in Philadelphia than in Garden City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden City
 Garden City, NYPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Garden City    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Expensive, pretty, good commute to New York  More

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Over 18 years ago

Bus and railroad service is excellent. However, there is too much traffic. Travelling across town takes at least 15 minutes during off peak hours. Around noon and six  More

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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