2024 Compare Cities Education:
Anchorage, AK vs Jasper, GA

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Highlights
- Jasper spends 0.4% less per student than Anchorage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.4% lower in Jasper than in Anchorage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jasper had 13.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Anchorage
 Anchorage, AKJasper, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,628$16,561$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,402$12,575$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,961$7,378$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.4413.5416.23
 Students per Librarian4992944573
 Students per Counselor413458530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%12.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%81.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%19.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%20.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  More

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Reviews for Jasper    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

We moved here from central coast California about 6 years ago, for family reasons. I have a love hate deal going with Jasper. Some years no snow, last year we got  More

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Over 10 years ago

Beautiful area if you like rustic and evolving. Unfortunately, it suffers from the same things that North Georgia tends to suffer from. Meth Heads and thieves. They  More

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Over 16 years ago

If you want a quiet, rural place to retire to and still be a short driving distance to a national transportation hub, then Jasper, Ga. might be the place for  More

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