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Elizabeth City, NC vs Jamestown, NY

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- Jamestown spends 117.6% more per student than Elizabeth City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.5% lower in Jamestown than in Elizabeth City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jamestown had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elizabeth City
 Elizabeth City, NCJamestown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,450$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,342  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,818$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4634573
 Students per Counselor310  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock15.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Elizabeth City    9 Reviews

chandler · 
Over 6 years ago

I lived in this city my whole life and is love  More

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let me start by saying yes i was once part of the crime issues in my city i love to now call home,and at my age now ive studied and researched the different cities thats  More

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Over 13 years ago

Elizabeth city has has alot of potiential square feet wise that is. Other than that the city needs some people (Out of state) with common sense to run the city, city  More

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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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