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West Palm Beach, FL vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 22.7% less per student than West Palm Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% lower in Jonesboro than in West Palm Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 4.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to West Palm Beach

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 West Palm Beach, FLJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,018$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,942$9,449$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,960$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3814.3516.23
 Students per Librarian7455434573
 Students per Counselor433378530
 Grade School Educ.6.9%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.8%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%20.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%3.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for West Palm Beach    51 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Palm Beach county is getting over crowded at least from point of view. High property taxes and home owners insurance (due to hurricanes) traffic is getting worse.   More

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Over 8 years ago

I couldn't think of a better place to live. There are so many things to do around town. Traffic in not bad, for the most part. There's a good mix of cultural diversity.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Why is Cultural diversity considered a pro for West Palm  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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ZIPS IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
33417 33409 33407 33401 33405
ZIPS IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
72401 72404 72467

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