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Monticello, NY vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 14.7% less per student than Monticello.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% higher in Poughkeepsie than in Monticello. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 17.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Monticello
 Monticello, NYPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$30,036  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor254  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.17.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Monticello    1 Reviews

The Village of Monticello (pop. 6,500) is located in Sullivan County, New York (pop. 65,000.) Sullivan County had been a tourist destination since the 1940's (100 Miles  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 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 12 years ago

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

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Over 13 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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