2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 60.3% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.4% higher in Jacksonville than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22234573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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