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Austin, TX vs Dothan, AL

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Highlights
- Dothan spends 41.4% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.2% higher in Dothan than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dothan had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXDothan, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$11,594$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$10,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$5,709$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5320.0816.23
 Students per Librarian8056534573
 Students per Counselor391442530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%27.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Dothan    25 Reviews

This is my 3rd (maybe 4th) year living in dothan, and it is AMAZING!! I hear people say "the traffic is horrible" but it really is not. sure the traffic sometimes is  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. I will sum it up like this: the best decision I ever made was to move away from Dothan 20 years ago and the worst decision I ever made was to move back  More

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Over 3 years ago

I grew up in this horrible nothing city living here until in my early thirties and I left 20 years ago. I hated this place everyday and was so glad I left, it was the  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN DOTHAN, ALABAMA
36301 36303 36305

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