2025 Compare Cities Education:
Murray, KY vs Nashville, TN

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Highlights
- Nashville spends 10.5% more per student than Murray.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% higher in Nashville than in Murray. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nashville had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Murray
 Murray, KYNashville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,175$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,075  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,449$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8874573
 Students per Counselor302  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Murray    11 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

This is a town with 18,000 people and 15 banks. I had the law called on me for sitting at the end of washed out road, essentially a dead end, eating my meal and  More

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Over 13 years ago

I lived in Illinois for twenty years and have not had as many problems as I have had in the past four months living here in murray. There are alot of hateful people that  More

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Ive lived in murry for 5 years. Originally from Southern California. People say there is nothing to do in Murray. Well, if your looking for someone to entertain you  More

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Reviews for Nashville    150 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Gentification and tourism reduce the score but it is still good mix of a big and small city.  More

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Nashville has a lot of culture, but ultimately it is overpriced and dangerous. I can't imagine buying a $600k house in a neighborhood with automatic gunfire. The home  More

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Nashville has to be the most overrated city in the US. I unfortunately live here and we can't wait to leave. We moved here in 2018 (for job relocation) and realized  More

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