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Monroe, NY vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Poughkeepsie spends 1.6% more per student than Monroe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.2% higher in Poughkeepsie than in Monroe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Monroe

Education
 Monroe, NYPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$27,939$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,405$24,643$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$16,307$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.312.4516.23
 Students per Librarian7739054573
 Students per Counselor311347530
 Grade School Educ.4.0%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%7.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.8%87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.4%8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.7%29.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.5%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.1%1.5%

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Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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