2024 Compare Cities Education:
Cookeville, TN vs Jasper, GA

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Highlights
- Jasper spends 75.9% more per student than Cookeville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% lower in Jasper than in Cookeville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jasper had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cookeville
 Cookeville, TNJasper, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,417$16,561$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,869$12,575$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,432$7,378$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4813.5416.23
 Students per Librarian4992944573
 Students per Counselor444458530
 Grade School Educ.4.2%6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%12.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.7%81.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%19.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.3%4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%20.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.4%3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 2 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 Jasper    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

We moved here from central coast California about 6 years ago, for family reasons. I have a love hate deal going with Jasper. Some years no snow, last year we got  More

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Over 10 years ago

Beautiful area if you like rustic and evolving. Unfortunately, it suffers from the same things that North Georgia tends to suffer from. Meth Heads and thieves. They  More

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Over 16 years ago

If you want a quiet, rural place to retire to and still be a short driving distance to a national transportation hub, then Jasper, Ga. might be the place for  More

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