2025 Compare Cities Education:
Queens, NY vs Paterson, NJ

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Highlights
- Paterson spends 41.3% more per student than Queens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% lower in Paterson than in Queens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Paterson had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Queens
 Queens, NYPaterson, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,834$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,283  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,123$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock16164573
 Students per Counselor9687  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
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Over 20 years ago

your murder rate for paterson,n j is lower than what the fbi reported .petersburg is higher than what the fbi  More

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