2025 Compare Cities Education:
Orangeburg, SC vs Newark, NJ

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Highlights
- Newark spends 82.9% more per student than Orangeburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Newark than in Orangeburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newark had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Orangeburg
 Orangeburg, SCNewark, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,449$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,586  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,580$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12374573
 Students per Counselor241  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Orangeburg    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I moved to Orangeburg 7 months ago from up north and have mostly learned/adapted to enjoy it. I’ll admit I was worried about the crime statistics, but there are very  More

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Avoid this town  More

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Over 10 years ago

Summer stars in April/May. Too many near 100 degree days. High humidity Little to do other then work. We are not church goers so meeting people is not easy. There  More

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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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