2026 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain City, TN vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Columbus spends 60.9% more per student than Mountain City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.5% higher in Columbus than in Mountain City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbus had 24.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain City
 Mountain City, TNColumbus, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,851$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,020  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,973$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6944573
 Students per Counselor828  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.16.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain City    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Mountain City is perfectly located in one of the most beautiful areas in the country. The people are very friendly, cost of living is great, and the scenary is  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 3 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 4 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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