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Rochester, NY vs Jamestown, NY

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Highlights
- Jamestown spends 6.2% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% lower in Jamestown than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jamestown had 3.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester

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 Rochester, NYJamestown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$27,131$25,450$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,397$20,759$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$13,281$13,818$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.7810.7216.23
 Students per Librarian6654634573
 Students per Counselor265290530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.9%10.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.82.5%85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%18.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%15.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%18.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%0.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Rochester    79 Reviews

Stay out of the rougher patches, and you'll find a pretty solid city. I live within close proximity to it, and the crime from it DOES rub off on us (auto theft), but  More

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Rochester isn't perfect (I'll detail pros and cons), but it's certainly perfect for me and my husband. We've lived here for 4 years and are getting ready to purchase our  More

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Rochester is a scenic city with so much to offer in terms of things to do and having 4 seasons, except the summer is more like a long spring!! It's a relatively unknown  More

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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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