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Decatur, TN vs Crossville, TN

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Highlights
- Crossville spends 8.7% less per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.6% higher in Crossville than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crossville had 12.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, TNCrossville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,268$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,711  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5134573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.7.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Decatur    2 Reviews

We need more places to eat and buy groceries, we are lossing a lot of sale tax money from people going to Athens and other near by  More

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Over 20 years ago

We need a judge who will quit slapping meth cooks and users/sellers on the wrist and putting them back on the street with little fine or jail time or community  More

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Reviews for Crossville    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We moved to Crossville because that is where God guided us. The people are very kind and very sweet the peace and quite is amazing we Love it here.  More

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Over 9 years ago

Checking crime rates and WOW! Don't think I've ever seen them ranked that high for both property and violent. Not even in California. Sad. You'd think a little mountain  More

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Over 9 years ago

First came to Crossville in the 1970s. Back then it was a cute little town. It's gone way downhill since then. Alarmingly high crime rate. The city council is run  More

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