2025 Compare Cities Education:
Irvington, NY vs Suffern, NY

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Highlights
- Suffern spends 3.8% less per student than Irvington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% lower in Suffern than in Irvington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Suffern had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Irvington
 Irvington, NYSuffern, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.4.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.80.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree14.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%1.5%
Reviews for Irvington    2 Reviews

Taxes thru the roof. Highest taxed town in the entire USA. Business frowned upon.Extremely bloated school budget with excess school administration staff. The high school  More

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Over 19 years ago

a good place to live in many ways - low crime, good location - but the school/property taxes are extremly high and will continue to rise in the years ahead due to a  More

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Reviews for Suffern    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Great place to raise a  More

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If you want to know what I can't stand about going to visit my parents in Suffern, it's the fact that the Hasidic Jews from other parts of the town of  More

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Suffern has express trains that allow you to get to NYC in under an hour. It has agrets bakery downtown (Crumbs) a movie theater with an organ, all different types of  More

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