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Smithville, TN vs Carthage, TN

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Highlights
- Carthage spends 6.0% more per student than Smithville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% higher in Carthage than in Smithville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carthage had 34.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Smithville
 Smithville, TNCarthage, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,557$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,579  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,730$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4274573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.23.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Carthage    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Smith County has been my home for 48 years. It is a delight to be from here. We have rivers, lakes, parks, good churches, good people, good schools. It is just an all  More

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Over 18 years ago

carthage Tn has been a wonderful surprise to us after re locating from "up north". I had been reading blogs before coming down here and at least half said that if they  More

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