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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Crescent City, CA

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- Crescent City spends 50.8% less per student than Poughkeepsie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 71.2% higher in Crescent City than in Poughkeepsie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crescent City had 24.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYCrescent City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,949$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock66.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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