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Grand Prairie, TX vs Denton, TX

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Highlights
- Denton spends 22.1% more per student than Grand Prairie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Denton than in Grand Prairie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denton had 12.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Prairie

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 Grand Prairie, TXDenton, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,172$16,080$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,291$9,859$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,920$5,983$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.0114.3916.23
 Students per Librarian97110184573
 Students per Counselor361365530
 Grade School Educ.9.5%3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%4.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.81.5%91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%24.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.5%7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.8%40.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.7%10.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%1.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%2.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Grand Prairie    5 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

If you are a black man, DON'T BELIEVE THE Texas HYPE, GET A JOB FIRST, GET A JOB FIRST!!! have lots of money, start a business if you can. Why? because there are many  More

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Over 13 years ago

Nice senior  More

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Over 16 years ago

I'm from Pennsylvania and we are thinking about moving to Grand Prairie or Plano. The one thing that bothers me is the crime rate in grand prairie. If anyone could give  More

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Reviews for Denton    12 Reviews

I've lived here since 2011. There are a lot of things I like about the city, but extreme growth has made it exhausting to live here. BIGGEST PROS: - Brand new  More

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We moved here from the midwest in 2014. After 4 years, we still love the area; however, it has grown so much and so fast that the traffic is such that we prefer to stay  More

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Over 11 years ago

an amazing city to study  More

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ZIPS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
75052 75050 75051 75054
ZIPS IN DENTON, TEXAS
76210 76201 76209 76208 76205 76207

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