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Richmond, KY vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 7.0% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% lower in Jonesboro than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond

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 Richmond, KYJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,810$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,886$9,449$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,003$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3114.3516.23
 Students per Librarian6065434573
 Students per Counselor527378530
 Grade School Educ.3.9%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.6%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.1%20.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.3%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.2%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%3.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.1%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 15 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 4 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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