2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Manalapan, NJ

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Highlights
- Manalapan spends 0.0% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.9% lower in Manalapan than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Manalapan had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJManalapan, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11774573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Manalapan    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Traffic congestion has increased over the past 20 years to the point that it can take several minutes to make a turn onto any street during busy times of the day. At  More

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I've lived in Manalapan for over 20 years. I've raised 2 children here. It was a great place to raise a family. The schools are decent and we have a high number of  More

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