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New York, NY vs Cookeville, TN

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- Cookeville spends 50.1% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% higher in Cookeville than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  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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