2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cedar City, UT vs Oak Ridge, TN

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Highlights
- Oak Ridge spends 43.2% more per student than Cedar City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.3% lower in Oak Ridge than in Cedar City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Ridge had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cedar City
 Cedar City, UTOak Ridge, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,041  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,469$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio26.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6044573
 Students per Counselor589  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.8%1.5%
Reviews for Cedar City    15 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Cedar City Is A Great Place to Get A Famliy Started And Crime is Bit Low as Of 2018 It has The Strongest Low Unemlopyment  More

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Hi -- Just FYI, the annual snowfall amount indicated by Sperling's Best Places for Cedar City is not accurate. Sperling states that this location receives 110" of snow  More

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Over 8 years ago

My wife and I retired in Cedar City a few years ago. First, I must say that Cedar has a wonderful location. There are beautiful views of the mountains, and it's a  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 5 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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