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Staten Island, NY vs Suffern, NY

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Highlights
- Suffern spends 27.4% more per student than Staten Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% lower in Suffern than in Staten Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Suffern had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Staten Island
 Staten Island, NYSuffern, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,157$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,672  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,649$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6654573
 Students per Counselor10528  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Suffern    4 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Great place to raise a  More

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If you want to know what I can't stand about going to visit my parents in Suffern, it's the fact that the Hasidic Jews from other parts of the town of  More

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Suffern has express trains that allow you to get to NYC in under an hour. It has agrets bakery downtown (Crumbs) a movie theater with an organ, all different types of  More

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