2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 18.6% more per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% lower in Boston than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 10.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7174573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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