2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sierra Vista, AZ vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 8.8% less per student than Sierra Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% lower in Jacksonville than in Sierra Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Vista
 Sierra Vista, AZJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22234573
 Students per Counselor485  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Sierra Vista    30 Reviews

I've lived in Sierra Vista for 22 months. It has positives and negatives. Bisbee, Tombstone, being close to Tucson, are positives. The views are beautiful. There's lots  More

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Over 3 years ago

Nice town, quite, huge military community and snowbirds in winter. If you want to live where you can not be mugged and have beautiful views for miles, this is the  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived in Sierra Vista 3 years and for 6 months, in the town north of S.V. sierra Vista lives up to its name with gorgeous mountains encircling you and sunrises  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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