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Houston, TX vs Greenville, NC

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Highlights
- Greenville spends 20.1% less per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Greenville than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Greenville had 16.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXGreenville, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$10,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$9,749$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,343$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8214.8916.23
 Students per Librarian14706754573
 Students per Counselor473341530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%92.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%19.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%38.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.1%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 Greenville    27 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Greenville is congested, dirty, drug and bug infested. Poverty levels rising because the elite in the city pool their resources to keep the housing prices extremely high  More

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Love this place, it's changed so much over the past 5 to 10 years and is growing in such a great direction. I can't wait to see how it grows in the years to come. Cost  More

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Over 8 years ago

absolutely avoid this place. I was (also) tricked to work at ECU unless someone thinks I am dumb enough to willfully drive 953 miles away from a vested position for a  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
27858 27834

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