2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jackson, WY vs Park City, UT

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Highlights
- Park City spends 28.2% less per student than Jackson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 59.1% higher in Park City than in Jackson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Park City had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jackson
 Jackson, WYPark City, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,077$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,843  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,376$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10294573
 Students per Counselor227  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 4 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

I like this town  More

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