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Jonesboro, GA vs Norcross, GA

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Highlights
- Norcross spends 7.0% more per student than Jonesboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% lower in Norcross than in Jonesboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Norcross had 15.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesboro

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 Jonesboro, GANorcross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,396$12,190$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,253$11,225$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,915$6,621$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.9415.9516.23
 Students per Librarian8898074573
 Students per Counselor427461530
 Grade School Educ.9.9%11.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.20.5%7.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.69.6%80.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%12.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.5%12.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.4.5%37.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.0.9%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%3.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%0.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Jonesboro    4 Reviews

Over 12 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 Norcross    7 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

The historic downtown offers a great sense of community place. Traffic is bad, but that's pretty normal for anywhere in the Atlanta metro.  More

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If you've not visited Historic Downtown Norcross, you've no idea about the quality of life in the city limits. True, there is a strong international community along the  More

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Over 15 years ago

There is some type of crime everywhere. I do understand concern with safety and quality of life. I have lived in and know of "nice" heighborhoods where there were  More

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ZIPS IN JONESBORO, GEORGIA
30236
ZIPS IN NORCROSS, GEORGIA
30093 30071

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