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Oak Ridge, TN vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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- Myrtle Beach spends 1.7% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% higher in Myrtle Beach than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Myrtle Beach had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,505$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,721$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5014573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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