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Austin, TX vs Friendswood, TX

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Highlights
- Friendswood spends 32.8% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% higher in Friendswood than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Friendswood had 5.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXFriendswood, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$13,297$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$9,827$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$5,956$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5315.3216.23
 Students per Librarian80511064573
 Students per Counselor391409530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%21.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%48.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%3.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.4%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 Friendswood    3 Reviews

I grew up here and this is a very safe but maybe considered boring place by some. There are a lot of fun thing close by that you can do. Challenger 7 park, Galveston,  More

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We lived in Friendswood, Texas for over 5 years. Our g-son graduated from high school in 2020 there and we are very pleased with the teacher to student ratio, the  More

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Growing up in Friendswood over the last 40+ years, the changes are apparent every where. My home is where there used to be rice fields and we watched planes crop dust.   More

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