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Oak Ridge, TN vs Georgetown, KY

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Highlights
- Georgetown spends 20.2% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% higher in Georgetown than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Georgetown had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNGeorgetown, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,783$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,054$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7364573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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 Georgetown    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Georgetown has under gone a tremendous change since 1980. It was the ideal "small town USA". In the mid to late 1980's Toyota came to town and things started to happen.  More

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I was reading what was posted for Georgetown on it's cost of living and educational assets. My children all go to school in Scott County and I thought it should be  More

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Over 18 years ago

Come to Georgetown, KY. Plenty of homes for sale at reasonable prices and jobs here and in  More

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