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Jamestown, NY vs Oil City, PA

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Highlights
- Oil City spends 30.7% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.5% higher in Oil City than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oil City had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYOil City, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,632$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,568$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5354573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%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 Oil City    6 Reviews

This city is disgusting Watch Netflix cold case files- first episode first season. An 11 year old girl raped by 3 town residents who everyone knew - two brothers went  More

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There are no jobs here, the school system is terrible, the town is only getting deader, and even if you came to retire, the winters are long and harsh, the hospitals are  More

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Over 9 years ago

Oil City is full of wonderful history. Unfortunately that hay day is long gone. Still, it is a nice little town. Like anyplace where people live you have some crime but  More

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