2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jersey City, NJ vs Waterville, ME

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Highlights
- Waterville spends 32.4% less per student than Jersey City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.7% lower in Waterville than in Jersey City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waterville had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jersey City
 Jersey City, NJWaterville, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor429  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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Reviews for Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 11 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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