2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pennington, NJ vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Cookeville spends 62.0% less per student than Pennington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% higher in Cookeville than in Pennington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pennington
 Pennington, NJCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree11.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Pennington    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It seems like a very nice town, but we since we just moved in, it's too early to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Cost of property taxes even with the recent reevaluation is making living in Pennington unrealistic. Most of our neighbors are moving 3 miles away to Yardley PA where  More

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Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I lived in Cookeville for around 7 years non consecutively. Don’t expect to go on a walk here. Sidewalks are fairly abundant but they are not well maintained and there  More

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My wife and I both moved here to work for state government. Other people are right, the pay is awful, hovering around $28k for people with masters and doctorates. Rental  More

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Been here for 4-5 years now, crime is on the rise and pay is stagnant, don't look for much over 28k a year in gross income here. Lots of areas are getting metro  More

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