2024 Compare Cities Education:
Jacksonville, FL vs Anderson, IN

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Highlights
- Anderson spends 32.0% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% lower in Anderson than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Anderson had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville
 Jacksonville, FLAnderson, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,841$12,987$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258$10,338$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,630$6,250$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.116.0516.23
 Students per Librarian22238254573
 Students per Counselor5063025530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%9.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%87.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%21.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%16.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.6%1.5%
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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Reviews for Anderson    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Seems to check all the boxes for retirement. Housing appears to be affordable and is close to a large city  More

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This city has had it's problems, as many of the Whiners & Moaners making comments here have written. So What! There are probably a thousand cities in the USA today with  More

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Over 13 years ago

Anderson lost thousands of jobs from the auto industry which resulted in many vacant houses. Combine that with the housing bubble popping and the result is very  More

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