2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, NJ vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 14.1% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in New York than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 14.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, NJNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Highland Park    2 Reviews

It's within easy access of the Jersey shore, Manhattan, Philadelphia, and nearby country. You need a car to live here, but there is public transportation into Manhattan  More

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New Jersey has it all: High sales taxes High income taxes High property taxes State spending spiraling out of control Sleazy politicians who get and give out  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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