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Manville, NJ vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Cookeville spends 60.1% less per student than Manville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.5% higher in Cookeville than in Manville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Manville
 Manville, NJCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,559  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor271  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Manville    2 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

For a long time I believed that Manville had hit rock bottom. They proved me wrong, it could get worse. The town could be immediately improved by removing all park  More

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Over 19 years ago

If you want to live in an area that is horribly overpriced and so overpopulated that it takes a half hour to drive less than one mile, then this is it. The entire North  More

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Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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