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Jackson, WY vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 56.0% less per student than Jackson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 108.3% higher in Carson City than in Jackson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jackson

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 Jackson, WYCarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,985$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,843$7,679$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,370$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.0222.9516.23
 Students per Librarian17221784573
 Students per Counselor227877530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%27.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.6%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.8%23.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.9%5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.7%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 3 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 2 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSON, WYOMING
83001
ZIPS IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA
89701 89706 89703

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