2025 Compare Cities Education:
Staten Island, NY vs South San Francisco, CA

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- South San Francisco spends 15.1% less per student than Staten Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.4% higher in South San Francisco than in Staten Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South San Francisco had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Staten Island
 Staten Island, NYSouth San Francisco, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,672  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor10528  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Staten Island    2 Reviews

Expensive housing. Lots of traffic at times, but still many times nicer than the rest of NYC. Staten Island has a few beautiful beaches, and overall most of the people  More

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Over 7 years ago

Low quality of life, expect a 60-90 minute commute if you live here as there are no jobs on the island. As for the people, they are very rude and miserable, have serious  More

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Reviews for South San Francisco    5 Reviews

It's amazing, but many, many people, including people who live in SF, think that SSF is just a part of SF. Not true. We're right across the highway from SFO, which is  More

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Over 17 years ago

One frustrating thing about South City weather is the number of overcast & foggy days, as compared to other nearby cities on the Peninsula. You can literally look  More

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Over 19 years ago

Been living in bayview hunters point for about 12 years now. What I can say that it's a rough place to live, no one cares about us and the mayor of San Francisco  More

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