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Pittsfield, MA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 21.4% more per student than Pittsfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% higher in Poughkeepsie than in Pittsfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsfield
 Pittsfield, MAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,206  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor370  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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