2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 25.7% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 74.7% higher in San Jose than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 13.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%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 San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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