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Jacksonville, FL vs Columbia, TN

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 0.4% less per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.5% lower in Columbia than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville

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 Jacksonville, FLColumbia, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,841$9,801$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258$9,088$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,630$5,478$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.115.316.23
 Students per Librarian22234874573
 Students per Counselor506425530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%24.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%20.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 15 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 16 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total
ZIPS IN COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE
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