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Jacksonville, FL vs Plainfield, NJ

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Highlights
- Plainfield spends 137.6% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.4% lower in Plainfield than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plainfield had 13.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville

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 Jacksonville, FLPlainfield, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,841$23,387$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258$20,528$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,630$12,582$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.112.7716.23
 Students per Librarian222312834573
 Students per Counselor506377530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%8.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%77.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%15.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%20.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.7%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 Plainfield    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

This city is not as bad as your Newark or Trenton, although it does have it's problems, murder rate is up in 08, and the primary gangs around town are the Bloods and  More

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Over 17 years ago

Just like anywhere else,there are good and bad areas in Plainfield. I would be careful on the West End, however the East end has beautiful homes that are in the millions  More

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Over 18 years ago

I and my wife moved here about 1.5 yrs ago. We are both professionals, and while we realize that Plainfield has its problems, it is not the cesspool so many think it is.  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total
ZIPS IN PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
07060 07063 07062

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