2025 Compare Cities Education:
Smithfield, UT vs Oak Ridge, TN

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Highlights
- Oak Ridge spends 26.0% more per student than Smithfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.4% lower in Oak Ridge than in Smithfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Ridge had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Smithfield
 Smithfield, UTOak Ridge, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,172  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,469$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6044573
 Students per Counselor520  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.8%1.5%
Reviews for Smithfield    2 Reviews

Your website knows absolutly nothing about small cities or communities...to prove my point here is what is on your website...and I quote 93.26% of people are white,  More

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Over 19 years ago

The weather here in the summer is perfect! Its the winters that are sooo cold. If you like to ski or snowmobile it wonderful for those things. The crime rate here is  More

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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 5 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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