2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Rockford, IL

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Highlights
- Rockford spends 35.6% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.3% higher in Rockford than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rockford had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYRockford, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,393$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,283$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7954573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Rockford    54 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here my whole life . I love  More

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I was raised in the area and lived here 3/4 of my life. Rockford has definitely made efforts to bring events into the area so there are things to do and they have  More

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Over 6 years ago

Rockford has made great strides in the past 20 years. Downtown used to be a ghost town. Now, there are activities almost every weekend. City government has worked to  More

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