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Jacksonville, FL vs Baton Rouge, LA

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Highlights
- Baton Rouge spends 49.4% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% lower in Baton Rouge than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Baton Rouge had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville

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 Jacksonville, FLBaton Rouge, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,841$14,703$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258$13,113$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,630$6,974$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.117.616.23
 Students per Librarian22237174573
 Students per Counselor506260530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%87.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%20.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%4.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%35.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%2.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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Reviews for Baton Rouge    64 Reviews

terrible place to  More

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Over 5 years ago

I live hear so i can't say i hate it but i don't like  More

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Don't get me wrong, this is a great school filled with many great teachers. I absolutely love all of the classes I am currently in and have been in. We are taught with  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total
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