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Williamsport, PA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 64.7% more per student than Williamsport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Williamsport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Williamsport
 Williamsport, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,297  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Williamsport    10 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Mayor Jessie Bloom let the philly crackheads come here for rehabilitation and they did not leave. They brought their criminal ways to the port. This was once a nice town  More

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Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Williamsport my whole life, I am 32 years old, and have been married for 12 years,my wife and I just bought a house in a "bad" neighborhood, and the  More

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Over 13 years ago

the cost of living here in pa has sky rocket here in the last 4 years rents used a 3 bedroom house use to cost 500.00 a month with nothing furnish now it cost 1200  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 8 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 13 years ago

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

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Over 14 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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