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Salina, KS vs Cookeville, TN

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Highlights
- Cookeville spends 46.2% less per student than Salina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% higher in Cookeville than in Salina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cookeville had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salina
 Salina, KSCookeville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,417$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,165  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,432$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor352  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Salina    6 Reviews

I moved here 3 years ago, because I wanted to raise my children in a small town. We lived in a big city with a lot of crime and the some kids were always in trouble. I  More

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Salina in some parts is so wild that there are animals, tutles and skunks I saw at night while dring a beer outside the market near Tony's Pizza factory ownd by the  More

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Over 10 years ago

I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free". Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap  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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