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Carthage, TN vs Crossville, TN

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- Crossville spends 3.0% less per student than Carthage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% higher in Crossville than in Carthage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crossville had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carthage
 Carthage, TNCrossville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,268$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,122  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5134573
 Students per Counselor499  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Carthage    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Smith County has been my home for 48 years. It is a delight to be from here. We have rivers, lakes, parks, good churches, good people, good schools. It is just an all  More

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Over 19 years ago

carthage Tn has been a wonderful surprise to us after re locating from "up north". I had been reading blogs before coming down here and at least half said that if they  More

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Reviews for Crossville    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We moved to Crossville because that is where God guided us. The people are very kind and very sweet the peace and quite is amazing we Love it here.  More

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Over 9 years ago

Checking crime rates and WOW! Don't think I've ever seen them ranked that high for both property and violent. Not even in California. Sad. You'd think a little mountain  More

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Over 9 years ago

First came to Crossville in the 1970s. Back then it was a cute little town. It's gone way downhill since then. Alarmingly high crime rate. The city council is run  More

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