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Fewer Students Per Teacher in Bedminster Than National Average
The same goes for Bernardsville.

With the school year about to come to a close, parents are thinking about class sizes and more, and Bernardsville and Bedminster actually seem to have fewer students per teacher than is projected around the country.
The data is according to Sperling’s Best Places, which compiles information for places to live in the country. It compares the data to data across the country.
In Bedminster, the schools spend $7,835 per student. In schools in Bernardsville, the Somerset Hills School District, the schools spend $8,499 per student.
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Both are higher than the national average, which is about $5,691 spent per student.
As for a pupil/teacher ratio, in Bedminster, the average is 12 students per every one teacher. In the Somerset Hills district, the average is 13 students per teacher.
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That compares to the country average of 15.3 students for every teacher.
The data also shows that there are 737 students for every librarian in Bedminster and 675 students for every librarian in Bernardsville. There are 460 students for every counselor in Bedminster, and 506 students for every counselor in Bernardsville.
In the country, the average is 803 students for every librarian and 513 students for every counselor.
How does this compare to what you see in the schools?
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