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Spartanburg, SC vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 95.2% more per student than Spartanburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Spartanburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Spartanburg
 Spartanburg, SCPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,521  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor375  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Spartanburg    26 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The library system is the stellar but numbers shown here are just wrong or are outdated- the area has exploded and with growth and costs are way up and services way  More

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Over 7 years ago

Made the choice to move here 3 years ago. I am single and retired and the cost of living here is much better than a lot of places. Less traffic, unemployment rate is  More

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Over 9 years ago

We moved here, from another state, 6 years ago. We love it! Real Estate is so economical. The weather is nice, year round. Summers do get hot. Great hospitals. The  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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