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Henderson, NV vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie spends 147.7% more per student than Henderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.2% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Henderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Henderson
 Henderson, NVPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Henderson    53 Reviews

Lived here for 3 long years. Besides the laziest people in this pathetic work force, the wind in pretty constant all year. 40 mph is not unusual. Due to the lack of  More

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I grew up in this fast growing town and it feels like home. When my family first moved here in 2003, there was empty land and not a lot of people, but now it feels like  More

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We currently live in Henderson and I am less than impressed. We moved here from Washington State, so we're used to really friendly people and courteous drivers. People  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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