2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cookeville, TN vs Forrest City, AR

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Highlights
- Forrest City spends 44.8% more per student than Cookeville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% lower in Forrest City than in Cookeville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Forrest City had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cookeville
 Cookeville, TNForrest City, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,636$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,869  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,164$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3784573
 Students per Counselor444  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 3 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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Reviews for Forrest City    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I have traveled a lot and this place is by far the worst I have ever been I will drive 5 hours out of my way to avoid having to even look at that dump. Save yourself  More

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Over 13 years ago

I think it may be worse than your stats here  More

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