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Austin, TX vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 46.6% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% higher in Phoenix than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5318.2416.23
 Students per Librarian80523484573
 Students per Counselor391718530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%30.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%1.2%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 Phoenix    447 Reviews

Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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Phoenix Arizona represents a lot of problems with Arizona but it is the big city which has to carry more burdens than the rest of the greater Phoenix Area. 1.  More

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I have lived here my whole life and it used to be not be as busy as it is. It used to be a state where old people would retire in this state and used to be cheap. To put  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA
85032, 85033, 85041, 85008, 85035, 85037, 85022, 85009, 85254, 85339, 47 total

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