2025 Compare Cities Education:
Anderson, SC vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 26.0% less per student than Anderson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% lower in Jonesboro than in Anderson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Anderson
 Anderson, SCJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,481  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor358  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Anderson    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Anderson is a wonderful place to live! We’ve moved around quite abit. We had searched many places and one day by accident I came across Anderson on the internet. We  More

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Anderson has much to offer! Two well know established colleges, Lake Hartwell, Lake Secession, parks galore, plenty of shopping, two Wal-Marts, plenty of grocery stores,  More

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Over 16 years ago

To be quite honest I came to Anderson with City Snobbery... "these hicks and their camping stores every 5 feet, damn john deer, redneck fools" etc. I was miserable  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 5 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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