2024 Compare Cities Education:
Jenks, OK vs Shawnee, OK

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Highlights
- Shawnee spends 7.0% less per student than Jenks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% lower in Shawnee than in Jenks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Shawnee had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jenks
 Jenks, OKShawnee, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,987$10,222$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,287$9,382$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,073$5,411$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.515.1516.23
 Students per Librarian6584714573
 Students per Counselor357288530
 Grade School Educ.4.0%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%23.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.7%8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%24.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.7%7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Jenks    5 Reviews

Good schools, reasonable cost of living, reasonable quality of life. Certainly one of the best spots in the entire state if you are looking for suburban quality of life  More

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Jenks is a suburb community of Tulsa, OK, so there is easy access to all that city has to offer without all the issues of crime, poor public education, unemployment,  More

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As an honors Jenks graduate that witnessed the football championship senior year and parent of children who attended Jenks Schools for 7 plus years, the attitude of  More

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Reviews for Shawnee    7 Reviews

I have lived in Shawnee for almost 4 years. It is a poor town. Yes, it has a Christian University (OBU) but the college does not influence the town much. St Gregory's  More

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I think this might have been ok, but I needed a different approach. I could have rented a place here - had some very open landlords that had some decent, affordable  More

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Over 15 years ago

I've lived in Shawnee for 23 years now and my family has been here since statehood in 1907. I find that Shawnee is a delightful town to live in! It has all of your basic  More

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