2025 Compare Cities Education:
Kennesaw, GA vs Newark, NJ

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Highlights
- Newark spends 90.6% more per student than Kennesaw.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in Newark than in Kennesaw. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newark had 17.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kennesaw
 Kennesaw, GANewark, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,449$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,675  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,580$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12374573
 Students per Counselor376  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Kennesaw    9 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Lived here for 15 years. Lived in Colorado and Missouri also and spent a lot of time in Southern California. I can tell you this place is terrible! Summers are long,  More

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Over 7 years ago

Warm autumn and always something to do no matter what  More

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Kennesaw - Here's a bit of our background to help in your assessment. We moved to GA from southern CA. I've lived in Kennesaw for 8yrs. We are a multicultural family  More

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Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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