Top 50 US cities of 50,000+

Best Student-Teacher Ratios.

Cities with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools.

Cambridge

Massachusetts

Student-Teacher Ratio

9.4:1

Population

118,796

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Lakewood

New Jersey

Student-Teacher Ratio

9.9:1

Population

69,585

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Troy

New York

Student-Teacher Ratio

10.3:1

Population

51,033

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#	City	Student-Teacher Ratio	Public Schools
1	CambridgeMApop: 118,796	9.4:1	20
2	LakewoodNJpop: 69,585	9.9:1	5
3	TroyNYpop: 51,033	10.3:1	12
4	MedfordMApop: 59,354	10.4:1	8
5	WalthamMApop: 64,902	10.4:1	10
6	South BendINpop: 103,085	10.5:1	33
7	BuffaloNYpop: 276,854	10.5:1	81
8	BostonMApop: 666,442	10.6:1	130
9	Town of TonawandaNYpop: 56,806	10.8:1	10
10	IrondequoitNYpop: 50,657	10.9:1	16
11	La CrosseWIpop: 51,356	10.9:1	18
12	St. CharlesMOpop: 71,508	11.1:1	17
13	CheektowagaNYpop: 76,056	11.1:1	13
14	EvanstonILpop: 76,340	11.1:1	18
15	SpringfieldMApop: 154,749	11.1:1	72
16	MilfordCTpop: 51,023	11.1:1	14
17	NewtonMApop: 89,044	11.2:1	22
18	LawrenceMApop: 88,736	11.2:1	29
19	ChicopeeMApop: 55,295	11.2:1	16
20	NashuaNHpop: 91,294	11.3:1	24
21	FraminghamMApop: 72,399	11.3:1	16
22	SomervilleMApop: 81,036	11.3:1	11
23	WashingtonDCpop: 681,294	11.3:1	244
24	New BrunswickNJpop: 56,345	11.3:1	13
25	White PlainsNYpop: 60,666	11.4:1	7

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