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Jamestown, NY vs Lakeland, FL

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- Lakeland spends 56.8% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 66.0% higher in Lakeland than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakeland had 4.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYLakeland, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,546$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8234573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Lakeland    27 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I used to live in Lakeland, It is hot, humid, crowded and getting more crowded, Most of the people are rude and unfriendly. I was born in the area and visit sometimes to  More

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Over 4 years ago

been there a few times i love it and i a m planning to ove this  More

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Over 7 years ago

Perhas if one is from this area, it is different I don't know. It is so dull and seems comfortable being so. There isn't much of a variety of people here, which I   More

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