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Houston, TX vs Jamestown, NY

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Highlights
- Jamestown spends 98.4% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.2% lower in Jamestown than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jamestown had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXJamestown, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$25,450$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$20,759$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$13,818$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8210.7216.23
 Students per Librarian14704634573
 Students per Counselor473290530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%10.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%85.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%18.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%15.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%18.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.1%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 Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 17 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  More

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