2025 Compare Cities Education:
Newburgh, NY vs Raleigh, NC

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Highlights
- Raleigh spends 58.4% less per student than Newburgh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.8% higher in Raleigh than in Newburgh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Raleigh had 17.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Newburgh
 Newburgh, NYRaleigh, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,405  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor311  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Newburgh    13 Reviews

I am a Town of Newburgh (TON) resident. The Town of Newburgh is a great place to live and raise a family. The police are well liked and professional. Many Police  More

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Newburgh, NY was once a glorious small city sitting on the western bank of the Hudson River in the mid-Hudson Valley, just 60 miles north of New York City. It had a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Newburgh has very reasonable living costs for homes that would cost millions of dollars anywhere else close to NYC. Just look across the river at Beacon. Now is the time  More

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Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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