2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bethesda, MD vs Knoxville, TN

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Highlights
- Knoxville spends 50.9% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.1% higher in Knoxville than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Knoxville had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDKnoxville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$9,689$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$9,352$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$5,615$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6315.0116.23
 Students per Librarian4907134573
 Students per Counselor292433530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%7.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%33.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%2.2%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Knoxville    122 Reviews

What’s not to like? Friendly folks, mountains, rivers, lakes, streams, trees, amazing southern cuisine. Minimal traffic, solid museums, kid friendly everything, great  More

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I lived in Knoxville for 3 years and still go there to see a doctor of mine until my treatment is over. You could not pay me to return to Knoxville now that I foster  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is my second residence in Knoxville and I'm loving my return after a 30 year absence. I love the city and county and the atmosphere surrounding them. What's not to  More

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