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Jamestown, NY vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 25.0% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% higher in Carbondale than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 10.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%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.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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 Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 18 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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