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Oak Ridge, TN vs Ellijay, GA

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Highlights
- Ellijay spends 5.1% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.3% higher in Ellijay than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ellijay had 17.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNEllijay, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,085$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6884573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock76.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 5 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 Ellijay    5 Reviews

I retired after 35 years offshore from Commercial Fishing the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Atlantic in 2009. Moved to Woodstock GA to assist my father in his latter  More

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I have lived here for over 22 years. Moved up from West Palm Beach, lived in Detroit and Chicago. The people here are peaceful and would do anything for you if you  More

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Over 7 years ago

I went to look at land in Ellijay today and notice i did not see not one person that look like me I must admit this my be stupid of me to say but my family and I was  More

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