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Austin, TX vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 43.9% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.7% higher in Tampa than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXTampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$9,438$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5317.2416.23
 Students per Librarian80510264573
 Students per Counselor391476530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%41.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.0%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 Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total

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