2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgewood, NJ vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 47.0% less per student than Ridgewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.2% higher in Birmingham than in Ridgewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgewood
 Ridgewood, NJBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ridgewood    6 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Great place to live and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Ridgewood, a suburb of NYC, is an ideal bedroom community. This well-established upscale community is located 30 minutes from Manhattan (by car), and is easily  More

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Over 18 years ago

One of the most beautiful places to live outside New York  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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