2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pound Ridge, NY vs Philadelphia, PA

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Highlights
- Philadelphia spends 17.6% less per student than Pound Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.1% higher in Philadelphia than in Pound Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Philadelphia had 12.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pound Ridge
 Pound Ridge, NYPhiladelphia, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,843$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,842$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23804573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Pound Ridge    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Most beautiful place to live Peaceful Friendly Beautiful homes Great facilities for families Public pools, camps. Activities and good schools Compute to NY 39  More

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I grew up in Pound Ridge. This is 100% not a good place for anyone to start life. It is a minuscule, desolate community with no relevant opportunities of any kind within  More

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Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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