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White Plains, NY vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 9.5% less per student than White Plains.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Poughkeepsie than in White Plains. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to White Plains
 White Plains, NYPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,367  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor315  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for White Plains    8 Reviews

Over 16 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 17 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 17 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 Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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