2025 Compare Cities Education:
Poughkeepsie, NY vs Cape May, NJ

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- Cape May spends 7.7% less per student than Poughkeepsie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.9% lower in Cape May than in Poughkeepsie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cape May had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYCape May, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,202$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,913$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8284573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
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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Reviews for Cape May    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Cape May is a picturesque pleasant town with a increase in population in the summer months. As a tourist town a good deal of the people who live here make the bulk of  More

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From the beaches of Cape May at the true south of New Jersey, to the vastness of the Wildwood beaches, to the shimmering water and clean sands of Avalon and Stone  More

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