2024 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Parkersburg, WV

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Highlights
- Parkersburg spends 43.6% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.7% higher in Parkersburg than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Parkersburg had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYParkersburg, WVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$25,450$14,348$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759$11,932$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$13,818$6,882$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.7213.6916.23
 Students per Librarian4636264573
 Students per Counselor290396530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.6%87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%20.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.15.2%10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%16.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%4.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.1%0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 17 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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Reviews for Parkersburg    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

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Over 14 years ago

Just like most places, Parkersburg definitely has it's pros and cons. The pros: pretty low crime rate (although it's growing more and more every year), typically no  More

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Have worked at St Josephs for the past 11 weeks as a travel RN in the CVICU. A very friendly hospital, great hospitalist and physician availability with CV surgeons of  More

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