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Farragut, TN vs Salem, OR

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- Salem spends 76.2% more per student than Farragut.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.9% higher in Salem than in Farragut. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Farragut
 Farragut, TNSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,352  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Farragut    4 Reviews

We recently were transferred to East Tennessee and chose the Knoxville are, Farragut to be exact, to call home. Not happy about once again leaving my full life to start  More

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HA! John from LA, I have been to LA and the only thing that state has going for it, is having Nick Saban as LSU's coach for a short time and New Orleans. Even New  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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