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Red Oak, TX vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Cookeville spends 29.2% less per student than Red Oak.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.0% higher in Cookeville than in Red Oak. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Red Oak

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 Red Oak, TXCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,299$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,933$8,869$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,850$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0315.4816.23
 Students per Librarian11014994573
 Students per Counselor388444530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.0%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.1%4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.3%34.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.9%9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.1%3.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Red Oak    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

The small, charming country town that I moved to 26 years ago sadly doesn't exist anymore. Our city is poorly governed and that is one major reason why business interest  More

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Over 15 years ago

I wouldn't recommend Red Oak as a place to live. I moved to the area from Tyler four years ago to take a job in Dallas. I did my research on areas south of Dallas and  More

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Reviews for Cookeville    12 Reviews

Over 2 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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