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Jamestown, NY vs Bowling Green, KY

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- Bowling Green spends 50.1% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.9% higher in Bowling Green than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bowling Green had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYBowling Green, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,687$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,777$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5534573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 18 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 19 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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Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 8 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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