2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jonesboro, AR vs Charleston, SC

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Highlights
- Charleston spends 88.2% more per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.0% lower in Charleston than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Charleston had 5.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro
 Jonesboro, ARCharleston, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,933$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,449  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,530$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5054573
 Students per Counselor378  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

Steven · 

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 Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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