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Oak Ridge, TN vs Lindale, TX

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Highlights
- Lindale spends 5.4% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Lindale than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lindale had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNLindale, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,960$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,824$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6244573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 6 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 Lindale    3 Reviews

Stayed here for 2 months. Everywhere you go you feel like there's a bald kid playing a banjo. Never saw so many fat women in my life. If you like really backwards stupid  More

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Over 10 years ago

I sent a review about Lindale about 2 months ago and never saw it posted. Will it be posted soon?   More

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Over 18 years ago

Lindale is the smallest town I have ever lived in (Population sign says about 3,000, but we have more than that in our schools!), but also my favorite. We moved here  More

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