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White Plains, NY vs Bethesda, MD

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Highlights
- Bethesda spends 37.1% less per student than White Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% higher in Bethesda than in White Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 9.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to White Plains

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 White Plains, NYBethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$31,362$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367$16,697$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$18,180$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.7413.6316.23
 Students per Librarian9324904573
 Students per Counselor315292530
 Grade School Educ.6.0%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%0.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.5%98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%5.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.0%87.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.0%28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%17.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%13.1%1.5%

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Reviews for White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The city does a very good job promoting youth sports. They recently upgraded a number of sporting venues including the high school & middle school football fields &  More

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Over 16 years ago

I love living in White Plains there are many activities,reataurants and it's close to New York City.The only draw back to me is the occasional heavy and unpredictable  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a fantastic place to live and I wish I didn't have to move, but now that I'm looking to buy my first home outside my parents house (which was bought for 122,000  More

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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ZIPS IN WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
10605 10606 10601 10604
ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816

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