2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jonesboro, GA vs Columbus, GA

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 3.3% more per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% lower in Columbus than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 27.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro
 Jonesboro, GAColumbus, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,775$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,958$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor427  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.20.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.4.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Jonesboro    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I moved to Jonesboro from Plantation, Florida. Jonesboro is like any other town within a big city. The area that I came from in Florida is ft. lauderdale. There were  More

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Jonesboro has changed a lot in the past 8 years. It's the type of place you might raise kids if you just left a city like Oakland or Detroit. The food scene is  More

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The crime rate has increased here, but it has everywhere in the Atlanta metro area. Marvin has put his comments in every section. He has  More

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Reviews for Columbus    9 Reviews

I have lived here for 6.5 years. In-town is cute with nice restaurants and sometimes music. It hasn’t realized it’s full potential though. Houses are still reasonably  More

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no,nonono NEVER MOVE HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. as someone who is almost out of highschool and i can finally go to my homecountry after 10 years of begging to move, never  More

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This once beautiful and safe town is now crime ridden and trashy courtesy of Theresa Tomlinson’s 2 terms as mayor. Even if you live in the north end you are no longer  More

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