2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Richmond, IN

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 55.8% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.1% higher in Richmond than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYRichmond, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,238$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,951$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4934573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Richmond    5 Reviews

do you see any changes no and lot of people don't even vote in this poverty retirement town. most of the educated people have left Richmond and Indiana all together. Be  More

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Over 12 years ago

Richmond is an attractive city for the most part, but for its population there is way to much crime. The police seem to worry more about petty issues like driving  More

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Over 14 years ago

Richmond is a great city homes here are very reasonable to buy. We have great parks. And lots of things to do for a town our size. I was born here so were my parents and  More

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