2025 Compare Cities Education:
Scotch Plains, NJ vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 34.0% less per student than Scotch Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 67.4% higher in Fresno than in Scotch Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 18.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scotch Plains
 Scotch Plains, NJFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,528  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor377  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Scotch Plains    2 Reviews

I've lived in the city for about 5 years now and I've enjoyed it, it's close to new york and my son likes the schools as "the teachers are friendly and nice" (In His  More

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Over 11 years ago

To see it is to believe it. Scotch Plains is definitely one of the best towns that New Jersey has to offer.  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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