2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Chicago, IL

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Highlights
- Chicago spends 13.9% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.3% higher in Chicago than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chicago had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYChicago, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock14804573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Chicago    270 Reviews

I've lived in Chicago city and later moved to suburbs when family size increased. Absolutely love this city. This is the cleanest and most beautiful among the major  More

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Chicago is probably the best value in a major city that you can find and my personal favorite city. It will become increasingly important as climate change makes the  More

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I've live on north side and south side, UIC medical center. Don't move here go to the north side. No good amenities, if you get bored with one there is no other choices.  More

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