2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Seal Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Seal Beach spends 38.4% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 87.8% higher in Seal Beach than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seal Beach had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJSeal Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 Seal Beach    3 Reviews

Beach towns are notoriously crowded in the summer, but if you can overlook the crowds you will find a small town feeling comforting in Seal Beach. The beach community of  More

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Over 18 years ago

Seal Beach has the best weather of any place I've lived, and I've lived in two coutries, 5 states, and 14 cities or towns. Seal Beach has vitually no air pullution,  More

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My dad and uncle were born and raised in Seal Beach; my grandparents bought their family home back in 1963 (when my dad was 12) for about $50K. 3 bedroom, 2 bath,  More

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