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Decatur, IL vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 30.4% less per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% lower in Jonesboro than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur

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 Decatur, ILJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,460$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,532$9,449$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,704$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8214.3516.23
 Students per Librarian37215434573
 Students per Counselor771378530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.0%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.9%20.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.9%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%3.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  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 DECATUR, ILLINOIS
62521 62526 62523
ZIPS IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
72401 72404 72467

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