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Austin, TX vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 23.0% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.8% higher in Wasilla than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$14,494$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5319.4416.23
 Students per Librarian8058124573
 Students per Counselor391448530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%4.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%26.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%21.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%7.4%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 Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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