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Oceanside, NY vs Cortland, NY

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Highlights
- Cortland spends 16.2% less per student than Oceanside.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% lower in Cortland than in Oceanside. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cortland had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oceanside
 Oceanside, NYCortland, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,824  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Oceanside    2 Reviews

Oceanside may not have the best of anything, but it has just about everything. Long Beach Road, the main thoroughfare running through Oceanside, will take you to the  More

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and it is dropping slower than the rest of the country. Property taxes? FUGGEDABOUTIT!! Don't move to Nassau County NY if you can at all help it. Sinking  More

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Reviews for Cortland    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

i was born here and this city is like a real life pvp-enabled zone. god isnt watching  More

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Over 11 years ago

Cortland is a small town geographically right in the center of New York. The population is around 20K and has been the same for decades. Cortland is a typical small  More

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Over 19 years ago

I was born here (but grew up in Syracuse thank god) and moved back when I was a teen. Year after year the city goes downhill. It has went from a city with a trolley car  More

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