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Jamestown, NY vs Kalamazoo, MI

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Highlights
- Kalamazoo spends 40.1% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.5% higher in Kalamazoo than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kalamazoo had 6.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYKalamazoo, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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