2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jersey City, NJ vs Visalia, CA

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Highlights
- Visalia spends 39.3% less per student than Jersey City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 66.0% higher in Visalia than in Jersey City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Visalia had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jersey City
 Jersey City, NJVisalia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock944534573
 Students per Counselor429  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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