2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jonesboro, AR vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 31.2% more per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.6% higher in Birmingham than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 3.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro
 Jonesboro, ARBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,449  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor378  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 5 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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