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Spring Hill, TN vs Highlands, NC

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Highlights
- Highlands spends 15.7% less per student than Spring Hill.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.6% lower in Highlands than in Spring Hill. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Highlands had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Spring Hill
 Spring Hill, TNHighlands, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,276$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,272  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,340$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.78  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6394573
 Students per Counselor386  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Spring Hill    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Deciding to leave Illinois due to the cold and new Income Tax increase. How is the weather, are the locals receptive to more "yankees" moving to town? Is the commute bad  More

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Over 15 years ago

The great thing about Spring Hill is that you get a small town feel even though it's not really a small town anymore and yet, very close to A LOT of restaurants and  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived in this town for over ten years. Before Saturn it was a small, rural community with a k-12 school, co-op and Kirk's general store. By 1999, the town began  More

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Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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