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Cookeville, TN vs Mechanicsburg, PA

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- Mechanicsburg spends 95.6% more per student than Cookeville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.6% lower in Mechanicsburg than in Cookeville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mechanicsburg had 9.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cookeville
 Cookeville, TNMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,869  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,392$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.48  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7314573
 Students per Counselor444  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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