2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainsboro, NJ vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 42.8% less per student than Plainsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.7% higher in Traverse City than in Plainsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainsboro
 Plainsboro, NJTraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor339  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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