2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainsboro, NJ vs Tracy, CA

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Highlights
- Tracy spends 34.7% less per student than Plainsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 88.0% higher in Tracy than in Plainsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tracy had 14.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainsboro
 Plainsboro, NJTracy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,344$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,464$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock234364573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  More

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