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Houston, TX vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 38.7% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.6% higher in Berkeley than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 21.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXBerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8221.6116.23
 Students per Librarian147095554573
 Students per Counselor473603530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%11.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%73.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%7.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%9.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720

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