2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sunnyvale, CA vs Newark, NJ

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Highlights
- Newark spends 43.7% more per student than Sunnyvale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.8% lower in Newark than in Sunnyvale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newark had 17.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sunnyvale
 Sunnyvale, CANewark, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$26,449$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,580$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12374573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock77.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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Reviews for Newark    26 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Newark is straight garbage.  More

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Newark's Ironbound is extremely dangerous, there is a lot of crime, the police are just good at hiding it. It usually doesn't happen on Ferry St., but does 1/2 block  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have worked and lived in Newark for 20 years. I raised 3 children. Two of my children went on to college, graudated with Accountant Degree and the other one in  More

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