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Houston, TX vs Bowling Green, KY

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Highlights
- Bowling Green spends 1.1% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% higher in Bowling Green than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bowling Green had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXBowling Green, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$12,687$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$9,814$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$5,777$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8216.516.23
 Students per Librarian14705534573
 Students per Counselor473407530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%7.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%7.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%21.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%30.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.5%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 Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 6 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY
42101 42104 42103 42122

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