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Waycross, GA vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 23.8% less per student than Waycross.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.6% higher in Jacksonville than in Waycross. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 8.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waycross

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 Waycross, GAJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,916$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,901$9,258$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,388$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.1518.116.23
 Students per Librarian35922234573
 Students per Counselor399506530
 Grade School Educ.6.5%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.4%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.1%90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%21.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.6%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.3%30.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.2.8%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Waycross    3 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I have a different perspective of living here. I moved her from a large city and I appreciate the fact that I have no commute, the cost of living is very low and the  More

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One time in Waycross and will never visit this God forsaken town again. Cops are high school (22-24yr old) bullies that make up lies and harass rather than serve and  More

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Over 10 years ago

I was born and raised here in the heart of the good ole south in Waycross, Ga. Not much has changed except for the number of meth labs, drugs in general, thugs and  More

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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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ZIPS IN WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
31503 31501
ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total

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