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Kings Park, NY vs Apex, NC

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Highlights
- Apex spends 61.6% less per student than Kings Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.1% higher in Apex than in Kings Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Apex had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kings Park
 Kings Park, NYApex, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$26,965  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Kings Park    2 Reviews

We moved here 3 years ago due to my husband's job. We have been renting during the time we have lived here. Affordable housing is very hard to find here for us and the  More

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All of Long Island costs to much. It becomes elitist evn if it did not want to. It is isolationist and suburban. It is  More

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Reviews for Apex    11 Reviews

We moved here from western NY last year. It was hard to leave a solid school system, a house almost paid for, with a yard, and NO HOA. However, jobs were just not there  More

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Over 11 years ago

My introduction to Apex, NC came in July 2009 I was on my way to Florida. On the third day, plans changed due to friend's vehicle malfunction. I stayed in Apex for 9  More

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Over 14 years ago

Apex has a small town atmosphere, but is convenient to the Research Triangle area of North  More

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