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Mahwah, NJ vs Fanwood, NJ

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Highlights
- Fanwood spends 6.0% less per student than Mahwah.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Fanwood than in Mahwah. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fanwood had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mahwah
 Mahwah, NJFanwood, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12834573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.8%1.5%
Reviews for Mahwah    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Great place to live and raise kids. Very family oriented and safe. Schools are great. Close proximity to everything. Only drawback is cost of housing and  More

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Reviews for Fanwood    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

We are transplanted New Yorkers and this is our second NJ town in five years (Bogota was the first and it was not for us). We chose Fanwood because of its proximity to  More

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Have lived in this Central New Jersey small town..20yrs..Love it Close to Westfield, Scotch Plains and Cranford...affluent towns with lots of shops, great restaurants  More

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