2026 Compare Cities Education:
Bristol, VA vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 24.2% less per student than Bristol.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.7% higher in Jonesboro than in Bristol. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 4.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bristol
 Bristol, VAJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor314  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Bristol    7 Reviews

Eat and live on the TN side, shop on the VA side.  More

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Over 8 years ago

I’ve lived here my whole life and the crime/drug rate keeps going up. This area is starting to go downhill. Not to mention the property taxes are  More

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Lived here my whole life basically and this place is going downhill. It’s a drug area. Mostly people on meth and pills. I feel like the crime rate just keeps going up.  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 6 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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