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Oak Ridge, TN vs Newport, TN

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Highlights
- Newport spends 18.2% less per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% higher in Newport than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge

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 Oak Ridge, TNNewport, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,296$10,056$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054$9,402$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,469$5,640$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7914.5616.23
 Students per Librarian6045564573
 Students per Counselor554345530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%9.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%12.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.8%0.3%1.5%

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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 4 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 Newport    6 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

worst place to live in Tennessee, crime, corruption, crooked police, mean rotten hillbillies, drugs and the list goes on.  More

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Over 10 years ago

I am a native Texan, however I have traveled all over the world in my professional career. The one thing I have found common about everywhere I've traveled is that you  More

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Over 12 years ago

I rode through the town and spoke to several people that seemed to be very friendly. Now we had read all these comments on your city about the crime, burglaries, etc. We  More

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