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Oak Ridge, TN vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Cookeville spends 23.4% less per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% higher in Cookeville than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge

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 Oak Ridge, TNCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,296$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054$8,869$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,469$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7915.4816.23
 Students per Librarian6044994573
 Students per Counselor554444530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%34.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.8%3.3%1.5%

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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 4 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 Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 2 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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ZIPS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
37830
ZIPS IN COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE
38501 38506 38505

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