2025 Compare Cities Education:
Greenville, KY vs Columbia, TN

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 27.3% less per student than Greenville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% higher in Columbia than in Greenville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Greenville
 Greenville, KYColumbia, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,801$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,147  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,478$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Greenville    1 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Lived there for a short time and caught on really fast. Big Bible belt community, but the only problem is a lot of the ones I encountered were narrow minded hypocrites.  More

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Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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