2025 Compare Cities Education:
New Bedford, MA vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 12.4% less per student than New Bedford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 66.9% higher in Alameda than in New Bedford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 20.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New Bedford
 New Bedford, MAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,183  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for New Bedford    5 Reviews

Grew up here, returned here to assist family after lining/working South of Boston, San Diego, then North of Boston respectively. Outside of the quaint/Historic Downtown  More

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Over 13 years ago

Cold  More

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Over 15 years ago

While unemployment is always a problem here, this city is no worse than any other old Northeastern city. Yes, we do have crime and bad areas, just as any other city  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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