2025 Compare Cities Education:
Newark, NJ vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 41.7% less per student than Newark.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.7% higher in Fresno than in Newark. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Newark
 Newark, NJFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor416  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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