2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Sacramento, CA

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Highlights
- Sacramento spends 40.1% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 112.2% higher in Sacramento than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sacramento had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYSacramento, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%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.  Unlock8.4%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 Sacramento    117 Reviews

It is easy to say negative things about Sacramento as we have many problems that are common throughout California. Crime & homelessness rates are high here. Housing is  More

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High, high crime rate and car theft capitol of the country. Everyone knows someone who’s had their car stolen or have had their own car stolen. Sacramento’s violent  More

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The city is very mixed. I will start off by saying it has some excellent historical and educational sites to look at. It is a contractual obligation that you look at the  More

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