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Marathon, FL vs East Islip, NY

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Highlights
- East Islip spends 44.5% more per student than Marathon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% lower in East Islip than in Marathon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- East Islip had 8.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Marathon
 Marathon, FLEast Islip, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,219$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,706  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,018$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11144573
 Students per Counselor354  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Marathon    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

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Reviews for East Islip    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 13 years ago

Living on the South Shore of Long Island we are the first -in line to get hit with the hurricanes etc that our fall weather is notorious for. On avg I would say there  More

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Over 19 years ago

Nice place to live good schools friendly neighborhood lots to do and  More

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