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Lawton, OK vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Cookeville spends 18.1% less per student than Lawton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% lower in Cookeville than in Lawton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lawton

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 Lawton, OKCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,500$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,703$8,869$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,333$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.6115.4816.23
 Students per Librarian3074994573
 Students per Counselor306444530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.5%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.5%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.2%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.1%4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.6%34.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.1%9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%3.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Lawton    45 Reviews

If I could give this place less than a star I would. When we moved down here from Pennsylvania we expected southern hospitality. This town is so far from that its  More

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It's a military town with nothing to offer. People will say cheap gas, cheap property, decent climate and museums. Yes this is all true of Lawton Oklahoma, BUT that's  More

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The only good thing about Lawton is that it's close to a nice wildlife refuge, which has great hiking, and some buffalo. Lawton tricked U.S. businesses into coming into  More

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Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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ZIPS IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
73505 73507 73501 73503
ZIPS IN COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
38501 38506 38505

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