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Houston, TX vs Cape Coral, FL

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Highlights
- Cape Coral spends 10.0% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.9% higher in Cape Coral than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cape Coral had 16.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXCape Coral, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$11,545$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$9,527$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$5,654$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8218.8116.23
 Students per Librarian147028704573
 Students per Counselor473557530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%4.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%92.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%23.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%23.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.3%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 Cape Coral    48 Reviews

95% of Cape Coral is a lifeless & soulless money-making area, yet the local hypocrisy goes as far as blaming every issue on the recent hurricane, which one has literally  More

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Over 6 years ago

I moved to the area from Bradenton/Sarasota area. Lived here since 2003. My youngest has been in day care all the way to a sophomore in high school now. Schools are  More

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Over 9 years ago

Growing community with lots of land.   More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA
33914 33990 33904 33909 33993 33991

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