2024 Compare Cities Education:
Oak Ridge, TN vs Crossville, TN

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Highlights
- Crossville spends 24.6% less per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% higher in Crossville than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crossville had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNCrossville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,296$9,268$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054$8,891$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,469$5,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7916.4216.23
 Students per Librarian6045134573
 Students per Counselor554574530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%11.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%85.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%15.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.8%1.2%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 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 Crossville    6 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We moved to Crossville because that is where God guided us. The people are very kind and very sweet the peace and quite is amazing we Love it here.  More

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Over 7 years ago

Checking crime rates and WOW! Don't think I've ever seen them ranked that high for both property and violent. Not even in California. Sad. You'd think a little mountain  More

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Over 7 years ago

First came to Crossville in the 1970s. Back then it was a cute little town. It's gone way downhill since then. Alarmingly high crime rate. The city council is run  More

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