2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cincinnati, OH vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 40.9% less per student than Cincinnati.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.5% lower in Jonesboro than in Cincinnati. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cincinnati
 Cincinnati, OHJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  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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