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Austin, TX vs Fountain, CO

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Highlights
- Fountain spends 36.7% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.4% higher in Fountain than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fountain had 4.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXFountain, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$12,529$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$10,295$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$5,663$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5317.0616.23
 Students per Librarian8056214573
 Students per Counselor391274530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%2.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%30.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%30.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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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 Fountain    4 Reviews

Junky, Trashy, Transient, Rental Town, with no infrastructure or proactive government. Take exit 128 off I-25 and Drive around to see for yourself. Especially Old  More

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After living in 3 states and in Denver,Springs and Pueblo(within CO), I find Fountain to be a quiet, safe and cost effective place to live. It has moderate temps and  More

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Over 15 years ago

Fountain is a great place to live. Housing is affordable and not segregated (all the condo's not in one part of town and all of the big homes in another). The city  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN FOUNTAIN, COLORADO
80817 80928

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