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Fresno, CA vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 36.2% less per student than Fresno.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% lower in Jacksonville than in Fresno. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 14.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fresno

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 Fresno, CAJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,432$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,227$9,258$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,719$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.3818.116.23
 Students per Librarian1261622234573
 Students per Counselor646506530
 Grade School Educ.10.5%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.0%90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%21.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.6%30.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.9%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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ZIPS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
93722, 93727, 93720, 93702, 93726, 93706, 93705, 93711, 93703, 93710, 18 total
ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total

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