2025 Compare Cities Education:
Decatur, TN vs Sparks, NV

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Highlights
- Sparks spends 34.2% more per student than Decatur.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.7% higher in Sparks than in Decatur. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sparks had 12.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Decatur
 Decatur, TNSparks, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,626$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,711  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,562$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4914573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.7.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 19 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 Sparks    14 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Nice place to live. Lots of events, recreation, and  More

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LOVE it! Fifth generation Reno/Sparks native. Paternal great grandparents born and raised in Reno. Sparks has an old fashioned home town feeling. I love Sparks! Great  More

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Over 17 years ago

Do not listen to the Californian. Sparks has all 4 seasons. It does snow here but the snow is very wet and melts quickly and it does not snow six months out of the year.  More

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