2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. George, UT vs South Jordan, UT

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Highlights
- South Jordan spends 24.7% more per student than St. George.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in South Jordan than in St. George. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Jordan had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. George
 St. George, UTSouth Jordan, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,932$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21914573
 Students per Counselor456  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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Reviews for South Jordan    4 Reviews

April · 
Over 3 years ago

I moved here 3 years ago from Southern California and absolutely love this beautiful place! I hate intense heat, but have no problem getting warm in the winter.   More

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Over 16 years ago

If you like outdoors stuff year around, this is the place. You have to like winter though. There is 6 months of  More

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Over 17 years ago

It is resonable. But the pay scale in utah is much lower I think then other  More

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