2025 Compare Cities Education:
Indianapolis, IN vs Newport, TN

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Highlights
- Newport spends 30.7% less per student than Indianapolis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% lower in Newport than in Indianapolis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Indianapolis
 Indianapolis, INNewport, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,056$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,640$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.71  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5564573
 Students per Counselor613  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Indianapolis    154 Reviews

I lived in Indianapolis for over 23 years, and I really miss the laidback: easy lifestyle there. The prices of most items are lower than elsewhere in the US, including  More

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No car? This city is built for cars. Not friendly to pedestrians; the lack of sidewalks is confounding. Public transportation is limited, with a "spoke wheel" layout  More

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Over 4 years ago

This is a response to another review, but everything I say here is true and I have been a lifelong Indy resident and feel this needs said. The only factual part is  More

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Reviews for Newport    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

worst place to live in Tennessee, crime, corruption, crooked police, mean rotten hillbillies, drugs and the list goes on.  More

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Over 11 years ago

I am a native Texan, however I have traveled all over the world in my professional career. The one thing I have found common about everywhere I've traveled is that you  More

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Over 13 years ago

I rode through the town and spoke to several people that seemed to be very friendly. Now we had read all these comments on your city about the crime, burglaries, etc. We  More

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