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Newport, TN vs Highlands, NC

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Highlights
- Highlands spends 12.1% more per student than Newport.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% lower in Highlands than in Newport. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Highlands had 14.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Newport
 Newport, TNHighlands, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,276$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,402  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,340$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6394573
 Students per Counselor345  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
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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Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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