2025 Compare Cities Education:
Visalia, CA vs Pennington, NJ

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- Pennington spends 69.0% more per student than Visalia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.9% lower in Pennington than in Visalia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pennington had 14.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Visalia
 Visalia, CAPennington, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,781$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,807$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10354573
 Students per Counselor640  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.9%1.5%
Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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