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Northampton, MA vs Holyoke, MA

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- Holyoke spends 0.0% more per student than Northampton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Holyoke than in Northampton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Holyoke had 16.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northampton
 Northampton, MAHolyoke, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,412$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,434  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,506$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5224573
 Students per Counselor364  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Northampton    6 Reviews

I was born in Northampton in the 1960"s and have lived other places but always came back to live here. My two children were born here too. What draws be back to  More

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The greater Northampton, MA area is generally a pretty good place to live, if you're interested in Western MA or southern New England in general. MA is more affordable  More

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Northampton is a very progressive, diverse, liberal small city where you will find so much to do in just the downtown area alone. Music, shopping, restaurants, bars,  More

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Reviews for Holyoke    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

best place to live in if you dont live  More

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Maeve · 

Crime is unavoidable. The sound of gun shots ring throughout the night. Trash strewn streets that are not cleaned more than once per year. Some people think that they  More

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Over 16 years ago

Holyoke is bad only in downtown and in the public projects. As every city or town, there are good and bad areas with gangs and no gangs. And even then, we've had have  More

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