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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Lehigh Acres, FL

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Highlights
- Lehigh Acres spends 59.3% less per student than Poughkeepsie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.1% higher in Lehigh Acres than in Poughkeepsie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lehigh Acres had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYLehigh Acres, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$28,380$11,545$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643$9,527$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$16,100$5,654$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.4518.8116.23
 Students per Librarian90528704573
 Students per Counselor347557530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%10.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.6%80.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.9%10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%14.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 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 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 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 Lehigh Acres    11 Reviews

I grew up in Lehigh and liked it better then now it has too many people. The crime is worse now with the growth in population. I miss my small town that no one seemed  More

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Over 6 years ago

I love the hometown feel. They have a great VFW and American Legion to socialize. Great Climate the cost of living is much cheaper than Cape Coral . You are close to  More

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Michael · 

I have lived in Lehigh Acres for most of my life. Throughout the years I've been living there, I've been physically attacked in the schools (growing up), physically  More

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