2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ridgewood, NJ vs Jonesboro, AR

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Highlights
- Jonesboro spends 59.6% less per student than Ridgewood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% higher in Jonesboro than in Ridgewood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jonesboro had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ridgewood
 Ridgewood, NJJonesboro, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,566$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5434573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.78.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Ridgewood    6 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Great place to live and  More

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Over 16 years ago

Ridgewood, a suburb of NYC, is an ideal bedroom community. This well-established upscale community is located 30 minutes from Manhattan (by car), and is easily  More

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Over 18 years ago

One of the most beautiful places to live outside New York  More

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Reviews for Jonesboro    18 Reviews

Steven · 

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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