2024 Compare Cities Education:
Philadelphia, PA vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton spends 51.2% less per student than Philadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Appleton than in Philadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Appleton had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Philadelphia
 Philadelphia, PAAppleton, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$25,843$12,610$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,192$11,212$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,842$6,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0414.6116.23
 Students per Librarian23804784573
 Students per Counselor408425530
 Grade School Educ.5.1%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.6%93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%34.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.3%8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 6 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 7 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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