2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jonesborough, TN vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 68.0% more per student than Jonesborough.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.8% higher in Columbus than in Jonesborough. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jonesborough
 Jonesborough, TNColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,377  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Jonesborough    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Oldest city in TN. Has great historic sites to visit. Becomes very congested when there is a festival in progress (there are several each year). People are friendly.   More

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Over 17 years ago

great bang for your buck, low taxes, nice  More

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Over 19 years ago

Wonderful year round climate, just enough of every  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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