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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Newburgh, NY

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Highlights
- Newburgh spends 1.6% less per student than Poughkeepsie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.2% lower in Newburgh than in Poughkeepsie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newburgh had 10.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Poughkeepsie

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 Poughkeepsie, NYNewburgh, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$28,380$27,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643$24,405$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$16,100$16,307$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.4512.316.23
 Students per Librarian9057734573
 Students per Counselor347311530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%10.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%11.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.6%78.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.9%7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%19.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%6.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.4%1.5%

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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 Newburgh    13 Reviews

I am a Town of Newburgh (TON) resident. The Town of Newburgh is a great place to live and raise a family. The police are well liked and professional. Many Police  More

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Newburgh, NY was once a glorious small city sitting on the western bank of the Hudson River in the mid-Hudson Valley, just 60 miles north of New York City. It had a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Newburgh has very reasonable living costs for homes that would cost millions of dollars anywhere else close to NYC. Just look across the river at Beacon. Now is the time  More

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12601
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