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Somerset, KY vs Oak Ridge, TN

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Highlights
- Oak Ridge spends 9.0% more per student than Somerset.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% lower in Oak Ridge than in Somerset. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Ridge had 17.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerset

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 Somerset, KYOak Ridge, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,277$12,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,255$11,054$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,241$6,469$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6413.7916.23
 Students per Librarian5076044573
 Students per Counselor424554530
 Grade School Educ.10.6%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.0%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.78.4%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.2%38.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.6%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%5.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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Reviews for Oak Ridge    8 Reviews

Overall it's on the positive side. It's pretty boring but it can feel like a real home at times. It could stand to be a hair closer to Western Knoxville.. Melton lake  More

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Over 4 years ago

Oak Ridge is located in beautiful East TN, has excellent public schools, is very safe for families, and is only 15-30 min away from Knoxville.  More

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Marginal, at best. Lack of social and business skills to perform anything but menial tasks. No clue about customer service, business etiquette or basic business  More

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ZIPS IN SOMERSET, KENTUCKY
42503 42501
ZIPS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
37830

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