2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgewood, NJ vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 38.2% less per student than Ridgewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 74.5% higher in Pacific Grove than in Ridgewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgewood
 Ridgewood, NJPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%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 Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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