2026 Compare Cities Education:
Carthage, TN vs Newport, TN

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Highlights
- Newport spends 5.2% more per student than Carthage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.3% higher in Newport than in Carthage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 0.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carthage
 Carthage, TNNewport, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,056$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,122  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,640$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5564573
 Students per Counselor499  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Newport    6 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

worst place to live in Tennessee, crime, corruption, crooked police, mean rotten hillbillies, drugs and the list goes on.  More

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Over 12 years ago

I am a native Texan, however I have traveled all over the world in my professional career. The one thing I have found common about everywhere I've traveled is that you  More

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Over 14 years ago

I rode through the town and spoke to several people that seemed to be very friendly. Now we had read all these comments on your city about the crime, burglaries, etc. We  More

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