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Queensbury, NY vs Jamestown, NY

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Highlights
- Jamestown spends 6.7% less per student than Queensbury.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% lower in Jamestown than in Queensbury. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jamestown had 9.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Queensbury
 Queensbury, NYJamestown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,450$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,763  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,818$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.2  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4634573
 Students per Counselor320  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock15.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Queensbury    5 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived here since October 2021, and I can’t wait to leave. This place is beyond boring. There aren’t many stores, and the mall they have is a run-down ghost town.  More

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Don't take it for granted. I was born(1980) and raised in Queensbury til 1998. I thought that the Glens Falls area sucked until I moved to Manchester NH. At first it  More

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Over 12 years ago

New York is too  More

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Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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