2026 Compare Cities Education:
Manhattan, NY vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 57.9% less per student than Manhattan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 76.0% higher in Pacific Grove than in Manhattan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Manhattan
 Manhattan, NYPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$29,176  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor2153  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Manhattan    2 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Manhattan is a great place with lots to see and do. Exciting to visit and great to live if you have the  More

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This is the best city ever, it is very welcoming and there is a lot of fun things to do. I have lived her for 2 years now and have already had so many great experiences  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 20 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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