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Oak Ridge, TN vs Santa Clara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Clara spends 49.7% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.6% higher in Santa Clara than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Clara had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge
 Oak Ridge, TNSanta Clara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor554  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%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 Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 11 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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