2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hudson, OH vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 52.5% more per student than Hudson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.6% lower in Philadelphia than in Hudson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 12.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hudson
 Hudson, OHPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,529  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Hudson    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I lived in Hudson for 25 years. It's a wonderful place to raise a family. It has great public schools and an outstanding prep school in Western Reserve Academy. Crime  More

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Over 12 years ago

good  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hudson provides a great school system, reasonable cost of living, excellent state park system with bike and hike trails throughout, lots of cultural activity, and access  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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