2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Brooklyn, NY

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Highlights
- Brooklyn spends 25.9% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.9% higher in Brooklyn than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brooklyn had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYBrooklyn, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 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 18 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 Brooklyn    2 Reviews

Born in Downstate IE East Flatbush. Lived in Bushwick, Brownsville, Canarsie, Crown Heights, East New York and Back in East Flatbush now. If you know Brooklyn you'll  More

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I looooooove Brooklyn! So much culture! So many options of restaurants! So much diversity. It's one of the best places I've been to and lived. Granted, the commute is  More

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