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Oak Ridge, TN vs Bettendorf, IA

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- Bettendorf spends 9.8% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.0% higher in Bettendorf than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bettendorf had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNBettendorf, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,502$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,161$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5234573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Oak Ridge    8 Reviews

Overall it's on the positive side. It's pretty boring but it can feel like a real home at times. It could stand to be a hair closer to Western Knoxville.. Melton lake  More

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Over 6 years ago

Oak Ridge is located in beautiful East TN, has excellent public schools, is very safe for families, and is only 15-30 min away from Knoxville.  More

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Marginal, at best. Lack of social and business skills to perform anything but menial tasks. No clue about customer service, business etiquette or basic business  More

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Reviews for Bettendorf    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

very low crime, great schools, housing costs-a decent house for family of 5 is around  More

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We are thinking of moving to the area (Iowa). I am an NC native, although we feel the need to move out due to huge influx of newcomers in this area from the northeast  More

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Over 19 years ago

We moved to Bettendorf when our son was in elementary school based on favorable comments about the schools from several friends in similar stages in their lives. We  More

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