2026 Compare Cities Education:
Salina, KS vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 43.8% less per student than Salina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.8% higher in Jacksonville than in Salina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salina
 Salina, KSJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,165  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22234573
 Students per Counselor352  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 11 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  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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