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Jamestown, NY vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 29.6% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.6% higher in Columbia than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 11.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%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.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%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 Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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