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Jonesboro, GA vs Mobile, AL

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Highlights
- Mobile spends 5.5% less per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% higher in Mobile than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mobile had 28.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro
 Jonesboro, GAMobile, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,769$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,527$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5794573
 Students per Counselor427  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.20.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.4.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.6%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 Mobile    37 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Avoid at all costs weak job market bad schools discrimnation of disabled in workplace and schools , I have lived here most of my life and have been trying to get out  More

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someone freshly graduated from high school with no work experience can pick up a serving job and make more hourly than someone who works in an entry level healthcare  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in that City for almost 12 years I have nothing good to say about it I have nothing bad to say about it People especially the cops some cricket wrong doing  More

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