2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgewood, NJ vs Freeport, NY

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- Freeport spends 25.8% more per student than Ridgewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Freeport than in Ridgewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Freeport had 14.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgewood
 Ridgewood, NJFreeport, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$31,321$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,368$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9794573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Freeport    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

As a Freeport High School alumnus who is graduating college now, I am actually impressed by the Freeport School system. Our science programs really prepared students in  More

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Freeport can be a nice place to live. Friendly people, nice parks and things to do. however, there is a growing gang problem, schools are not great as a result houses  More

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I was a resident of Freeport, New York for 37 years and noticed that under people (race) adds up to 136.21% for all races. How is it that you arrive at your percentages.  More

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