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Poughkeepsie, NY vs Quincy, MA

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- Quincy spends 20.1% less per student than Poughkeepsie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% higher in Quincy than in Poughkeepsie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Quincy had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Poughkeepsie
 Poughkeepsie, NYQuincy, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,685$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$24,643  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,795$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3534573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.7%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 Quincy    7 Reviews

Where to start? The principal shouts rude things at parents and students and she often lies about phantom school rules. PTO members have quit over this person. Bullying  More

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Over 11 years ago

Quincy is a seaside community and has an approximate population of 90,000 people. Settled by Myles Standish and Captain Wollaston and established as a township in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Not a very bike friendly city but if you are willing to driver there are biking spots north, west and south of here. Lots and lots of Chinese food places but we have  More

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