2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainsboro, NJ vs Commack, NY

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Highlights
- Commack spends 37.6% more per student than Plainsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Commack than in Plainsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Commack had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainsboro
 Plainsboro, NJCommack, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,219$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,018$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11144573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Plainsboro    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

My wife Rosanne and I have lived in Plainsboro for nearly 30 years. We have raised our three children here. WE LOVE IT!!! The schools are great, the community is  More

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We've lived in several different parts of the country, and when we found out we were moving to NJ due to my husband's new job, we bought into the stereotype and thought,  More

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Over 17 years ago

Plainsboro is clean, safe and quiet with excellent schools, affordable housing and good jobs  More

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Reviews for Commack    4 Reviews

Resident since 1979. Love it  More

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Over 5 years ago

crap it so bad never move here crime is so high there is littraly robberies every  More

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Over 13 years ago

if you want to live on Long Island, you need to make high end salary to live  More

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