2025 Compare Cities Education:
West Memphis, AR vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 36.0% more per student than West Memphis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.0% higher in Columbus than in West Memphis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to West Memphis
 West Memphis, ARColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,175  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor400  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for West Memphis    3 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Great homes for the money, good neighborhoods, good schools. Not much to do, though. No culture or entertainment, however it's only about 15 minutes from downtown  More

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Over 19 years ago

Great home prices for your money, nice neighborhoods, good schools. No culture or recreational activities,  More

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Over 19 years ago

This place is incredibly hot and humid in the summer...you can walk 5 feet outside and cover in sweat almost immediately! not very pleasant...and there are no rivers to  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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