2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Newport News, VA

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Highlights
- Newport News spends 46.3% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.8% higher in Newport News than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport News had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJNewport News, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,297$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,733$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4104573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Newport News    36 Reviews

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So, let's start with the positives. Newport News Park is gigantic and has archery, disc golf, canoeing, camping, playgrounds, picnic areas, a beautiful reflecting  More

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Reading a lot of other reviews here I can agree and understand a lot of the negative sentiment. NPN has some crime. Just about as much as any other place from what I've  More

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Over 9 years ago

Its not that bad here. I moved here from the actual city of Chicago and not the suburbs. Believe me I have seen my share of violence. My senior and junior year I had  More

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