2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park Forest, IL vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 55.1% less per student than Park Forest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% higher in Jacksonville than in Park Forest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Park Forest
 Park Forest, ILJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,508  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22234573
 Students per Counselor481  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Park Forest    4 Reviews

I'm happy to share that it IS coming back. I'm very thankful we found this community. Our family (husband, wife, 1 young child) recently bought our a little house here  More

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Park Forest is beautiful, but it's going down. You can see tons of green, an excellent library, but also plenty of vacant buildings. In its hay day, it must have been  More

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Over 12 years ago

No disrespect to the remaining officials and friends from my upbringing; but, leave town. I read how Park forest continues to fight off urban decay. It's simply a  More

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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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