2025 Compare Cities Education:
Manchester, NJ vs Newark, NJ

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Highlights
- Newark spends 15.3% more per student than Manchester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% higher in Newark than in Manchester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newark had 16.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Manchester
 Manchester, NJNewark, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,449$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,822  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,580$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12374573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Manchester    2 Reviews

The Sperling crime rating for Manchester Township, NJ is totally erroneous. The FBI crime stats show that on a scale from 1 to 100, 100 being the national average, the  More

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My wife and I moved to Whiting, a village in Manchester Township, NJ, in 1998. What attracted us initially was the low cost of housing (for New Jersey). At that time,  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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