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Greeneville, TN vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 170.9% more per student than Greeneville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Greeneville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Greeneville
 Greeneville, TNPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,638  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor398  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Greeneville    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Greeneville is a quaint small town with strong historical roots and identity. They believe in keeping history alive, and rather than tear down old buildings, they are  More

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Over 10 years ago

Sperling shows average Jan. low of 25. It's been getting colder. We had temps below zero the last two winters. An average might be 23, but you should know there will  More

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Over 13 years ago

Seems like people here are happy just surviving. Very little initiative or interest in anything more than doing the very least effort to maintain.  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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