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Jacksonville, FL vs Missoula, MT

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Highlights
- Missoula spends 30.7% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% lower in Missoula than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 7.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville
 Jacksonville, FLMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor506  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
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 Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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