2026 Compare Cities Education:
West Bend, WI vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 28.8% less per student than West Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% higher in Jacksonville than in West Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Bend
 West Bend, WIJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,780  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.64  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock22234573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for West Bend    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

terrible place, so inconvenient, terrible two taxi services. West bend just caters to the rich. If you don't have a car,you won't be able to survive there. City workers  More

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West Bend is a great small town that is growing fairly rapidly. If you are looking for a wonderful place to raise a family this is it! West Bend is pretty, has nice  More

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Over 20 years ago

I've lived in west bend for the past 8 years and i must say, it's a joke. It's nice if your retired and looking for cheap living, other then that i would not raise a  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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