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Pascagoula, MS vs Jonesboro, AR

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- Jonesboro spends 13.9% less per student than Pascagoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Jonesboro than in Pascagoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pascagoula
 Pascagoula, MSJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,559  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Pascagoula    2 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Not a place to raise a family. This place is butt ugly~ everything about it. The abandoned shops look as bad as the litter the city doesn't pick up, the way the  More

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Over 19 years ago

pascagoula is a good place to raise children not to mention that these houses here are  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

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I have lived in Jonesboro for 25 years and have enjoyed seeing the economic growth of this community. My children are able to attend a great public school and my wife  More

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Over 5 years ago

Yikes, this is one of those places that used to have sundown town policies in place well into the 20th century. Welcome to the conservative, baptist South.  More

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Ashamed of Jonesboro! I was born and raised there back in the late 70's and 80's We never heard of killings, not much of drugs, we were able to play outside, Nettleton  More

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