2025 Compare Cities Education:
Northampton, MA vs Springfield, OR

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Highlights
- Springfield spends 31.9% less per student than Northampton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 63.8% higher in Springfield than in Northampton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Springfield had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northampton
 Northampton, MASpringfield, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,566$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,434  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,947$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7764573
 Students per Counselor364  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 14 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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