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Oak Ridge, TN vs Hendersonville, NC

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Highlights
- Hendersonville spends 3.6% less per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in Hendersonville than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hendersonville had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNHendersonville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,848$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,164$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7094573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Hendersonville    18 Reviews

I went to visit, was attack on Hendersonville Hwy by to cars. They tried to run me off the road cursing at me shooting birds at me. Very very scary. But I called 911  More

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Over 7 years ago

We love Hendersonville NC. We moved to NC from NJ in 2005. We tried different areas of the region (Leicester, Weaverville, Asheville and South Asheville). Each area  More

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My post is a review of Henderson County in general. First off, the teenage girl who said there's absolutely nothing for kids to do here is absolutely spot-on. If you're  More

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