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Indiana, PA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 36.5% more per student than Indiana.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Indiana. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Indiana
 Indiana, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,785  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor300  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Indiana    15 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

If you're looking for culture, this place isn't for you. They have a crappy neighborhood theatre but that's about it. You have to go to Pittsburgh if you want to see  More

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Over 11 years ago

Crime here is fairly low compared to most areas. We still have robberies, break ins public drunkeness, etc. Most of the public drunkeness is committed by college student  More

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Over 11 years ago

Crime here is fairly low compared to most areas. We still have robberies, break ins public drunkeness, etc. Most of the public drunkeness is committed by college student  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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